Tractable: meaning, example and synonyms
Tractableadj. Easily managed, controlled, or influenced; docile.
Example
Breeders favored the more tractable ponies for the mountain trails, since the calm animals followed commands even on narrow, rocky ledges.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Synonyms
- docile, manageable, compliant, amenable
- Antonyms
- unruly, stubborn, intractable, obstinate
- Memory tip
- Like a TRACTor pulled along easily: a tractable animal follows.
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Check yourself: Tractable in context
The trainers chose the most ______ of the young elephants to work near tourists, since the animal calmly obeyed commands even amid crowds.
Answer: tractable. An animal that calmly obeys commands is easily managed: tractable. Mordant (bitingly sarcastic), onerous (burdensome) and prophetic (predictive) don't fit this context.
Once the engineers broke the enormous design challenge into smaller steps, each part proved surprisingly ______ and was solved within a few weeks.
Answer: tractable. Parts solved quickly once broken down proved manageable: tractable. Mordant (bitingly sarcastic), stern (strict and severe) and prophetic (predictive) don't fit this context.