docile
adjective/ˈdəʊsaɪl/
/ˈdɑːsl/
- quiet and easy to control
- a docile child/horse/temperament
Extra Examples- The animal looked remarkably docile.
- It is a cheap and docile workforce.
- They stood in the queue, docile and long-faced.
- They're a pretty docile type of dog.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDocile is used with these nouns:- temperament
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘apt or willing to learn’): from Latin docilis, from docere ‘teach’.Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
docile