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tractable |
Grep of noun tractable tractableness Overview of adj tractable The adj tractable has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. tractable -- (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "gold is tractable"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler) 2. responsive, tractable -- (susceptible to suggestion; "a personality responsive to your desires") Antonyms of adj tractable 2 senses of tractable Sense 1 tractable (vs. intractable) intractable (vs. tractable) => recalcitrant, refractory => refractory, stubborn => uncontrollable, unmanageable => unmalleable => balking, balky Sense 2 responsive, tractable INDIRECT (VIA amenable) -> unamenable Similarity of adj tractable 2 senses of tractable Sense 1 tractable (vs. intractable) => docile, teachable => ductile, malleable => manageable => tamable, tameable Also See-> compliant#1; docile#1; manageable#2; obedient#1; tame#3, tamed#1 Sense 2 responsive, tractable => amenable (vs. unamenable) Attributes of adj tractable 1 of 2 senses of tractable Sense 1 tractable (vs. intractable) => tractability, tractableness, flexibility Familiarity of adj tractable tractable used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj tractable attractable contractable extractable intractable nonretractable retractable tractable Overview of adj tractable The adj tractable has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. tractable -- (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "gold is tractable"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler) 2. responsive, tractable -- (susceptible to suggestion; "a personality responsive to your desires")
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