The cows looked big and docile.
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Docile
//ˈdəʊ.saɪl//
Synonyms for "docile" (90 found)
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2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesderived
7 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
13 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κτίλος adj (yielding to control)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възприемчив adj (accepting instructions)
- податлив adj (yielding to control)
- послушен adj (yielding to control)
- схватлив adj (accepting instructions)
Catalan
2 entries- dòcil adj (yielding to control)
- dòcil adj (accepting instructions)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 溫順嘅 /温顺嘅 adj (yielding to control)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- yuvaş adj (yielding to control)
Czech
4 entries- krotký adj (yielding to control)
- poddajný adj (yielding to control)
- poslušný adj (yielding to control)
- poslušný adj (accepting instructions)
Danish
3 entries- føjelig adj (yielding to control)
- føjelig adj (accepting instructions)
- lydig adj (accepting instructions)
Dutch
1 entries- volgzaam adj (yielding to control)
Finnish
4 entries- alistuva adj (yielding to control)
- kuulias adj (yielding to control)
- kuulias adj (accepting instructions)
- säyseä adj (yielding to control)
French
1 entries- docile adj (yielding to control)
Galician
2 entries- dócil adj (yielding to control)
- manso adj (yielding to control)
German
4 entries- folgsam adj (accepting instructions)
- fügsam adj (yielding to control)
- fügsam adj (accepting instructions)
- gefügig adj (yielding to control)
Greek
2 entries- πειθήνιος adj (yielding to control)
- υπάκουος adj (yielding to control)
Hungarian
2 entries- irányítható adj (accepting instructions)
- kezelhető adj (yielding to control)
Italian
3 entries- docile adj (yielding to control)
- mansueto adj (yielding to control)
- obbediente adj (accepting instructions)
Japanese
2 entries- おとなしい adj (yielding to control)
- 従順な adj (yielding to control)
Māori
2 entries- kōratarata adj (yielding to control)
- kōtungatunga adj (yielding to control)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sernerm adj (yielding to control)
Norwegian
1 entries- medgjørlig adj (yielding to control)
Occitan
1 entries- docil adj (yielding to control)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- ontlich adj (yielding to control)
Polish
3 entries- pojętny adj (accepting instructions)
- potulny adj (yielding to control)
- uległy adj (yielding to control)
Portuguese
1 entries- dócil adj (yielding to control)
Romanian
1 entries- docil adj (yielding to control)
Russian
3 entries- покорный adj (yielding to control)
- поня́тливый adj (accepting instructions)
- послу́шный adj (yielding to control)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- soirbh adj (yielding to control)
- sèimh adj (yielding to control)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pokoran adj (yielding to control)
- poslušan adj (yielding to control)
- poslušan adj (accepting instructions)
- poučljiv adj (accepting instructions)
Spanish
2 entries- dócil adj (yielding to control)
- dócil adj (accepting instructions)
Swedish
3 entries- foglig adj (yielding to control)
- foglig adj (accepting instructions)
- lydig adj (accepting instructions)
Turkish
4 entries- uslu adj (accepting instructions)
- uysal adj (yielding to control)
- uysal adj (accepting instructions)
- yumuşak başlı adj (yielding to control)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The horse is very docile and is ideal for beginner riders.
Source: tatoeba (3217400)
Tom is docile.
Source: tatoeba (4165803)
Mary's dog is very docile.
Source: tatoeba (6055636)
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