Tractable \Tract"a*ble\, a. [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to
draw violently, to handle, treat. See Treat, v. t.]
1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile;
manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a
tractable learner.
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I shall find them tractable enough. --Shak.
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2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible;
as, tractable measures. [Obs.] --Holder.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tractable
adj 1: easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable
young minds"; "gold is tractable"; "the
natives...being...of an intelligent tractable
disposition"- Samuel Butler [syn: manipulable] [ant:
intractable]
2: readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a
responsive student" [syn: responsive, amenable]
WordNet (r) 2.0
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "tractable":
acquiescent, adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, agreeable,
alacritous, amenable, ardent, bendable, bending, biddable,
complaisant, compliant, conformable, consenting, content,
convenient, cooperative, disposed, docile, ductile, eager,
easygoing, elastic, enthusiastic, extensible, extensile,
fabricable, facile, fain, favorable, favorably disposed,
favorably inclined, feasible, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous,
foolproof, formable, formative, forward, game, giving, governable,
handleable, handy, impressible, impressionable, in the mind,
in the mood, inclined, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe,
lithesome, malleable, manageable, maneuverable, minded, moldable,
obedient, other-directed, persuadable, persuasible, plastic,
pliable, pliant, practical, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick,
ready, ready and willing, receptive, responsive, sensitive,
sequacious, shapable, springy, subdued, submissive, supple,
susceptible, tame, tractile, untroublesome, well-disposed,
well-inclined, whippy, wieldable, wieldy, willed, willing,
willinghearted, willowy, workable, yielding, zealous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
amenable, manipulable, responsive
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