tractable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: trac=ta=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

tractable, a. [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to draw violently, to handle, treat. See Treat, v. t.].

•  Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.  [1913 Webster]

  "I shall find them tractable enough."  [1913 Webster]
•  Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.  Holder.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tractable, adj.
1 (of a person) easily handled; manageable; docile.
2 (of material etc.) pliant, malleable.

Derivative

tractability n. tractableness n. tractably adv.

Etymology

L tractabilis f. tractare handle, frequent. of trahere tract- draw

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

tractable

Willingness

N willingness, voluntariness, willing mind, heart, disposition, inclination, leaning, animus, frame of mind, humor, mood, vein, bent, penchant, aptitude, docility, docibleness, persuasibleness, persuasibility, pliability, geniality, cordiality, goodwill, alacrity, readiness, earnestness, forwardness, eagerness, asset, compliance, pleasure, gratuitous service, labor of love, volunteer, volunteering, willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable, favorably- minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed, nothing loth, in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind, ready, forward, earnest, eager, bent upon, predisposed, propense, docile, persuadable, persuasible, suasible, easily persuaded, facile, easy-going, tractable, genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty, content, voluntary, gratuitous, spontaneous, unasked &c (ask), unforced, willingly, fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul, with pleasure, with all one's heart, with open arms, with good will, with right will, de bonne volonte, ex animo, con amore, heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one's own accord, graciously, with a good grace, a la bonne heure, by all means, by all manner of means, to one's heart's content, yes.

Facility

N facility, ease, easiness, capability, feasibility, flexibility, pliancy, smoothness, plain sailing, smooth sailing, straight sailing, mere child's play, holiday task, cinch, smooth water, fair wind, smooth royal road, clear coast, clear stage, tabula rasa, full play, disencumbrance, disentanglement, deoppilation, permission, simplicity, lack of complication, easy, facile, feasible, easily managed, easily accomplished, within reach, accessible, easy of access, for the million, open to, manageable, wieldy, towardly, tractable, submissive, yielding, ductile, suant, pliant, glib, slippery, smooth, on friction wheels, on velvet, unembarrassed, disburdened, unburdened, disencumbered, unencumbered, disembarrassed, exonerated, unloaded, unobstructed, untrammeled, unrestrained, at ease, light, at home with, quite at home, in one's element, in smooth water, skillful, accustomed, easily, readily, smoothly, swimmingly, on easy terms, single-handed, touch and go.

Softness

N softness, pliableness, flexibility, pliancy, pliability, sequacity, malleability, ductility, tractility, extendibility, extensibility, plasticity, inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity, penetrability, clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding, alumina, argil, cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding, foam, mollification, softening, soft, tender, supple, pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, lithe, lithesome, lissom, limber, plastic, ductile, tractile, tractable, malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic, aluminous, remollient, yielding, flabby, limp, flimsy, doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony, flaccid, flocculent, downy, edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken.