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tractable
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tractable
adj.
obedient, submissive, docile
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Tractable
Tractable (meaning "easily managed") may refer to:
- Operation Tractable, a military operation in Normandy 1944
- Tractability concerning how easily something can be done
- Tractable problem, in computational complexity theory, a problem that can be solved in polynomial time
- Ease of obtaining a mathematical solution such as a closed-form expression
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tractable
Adjective
1. easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "gold is tractable"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
(synonym) manipulable
(antonym) intractable
(similar) docile, teachable
(see-also) compliant
(attribute) tractability, tractableness, flexibility
2. readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student"
(synonym) responsive, amenable
(similar) susceptible
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Tractable
(v. t.)
Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
(v. t.)
Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.
Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.
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tractable
Synonyms and related words:
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
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
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