docile Play adjectiveReady to accept control or instruction; submissive. SYNONYMS accommodatingamenablebiddablecompliantcontrollablecooperativedeferentialductiledutifuleasily handledeasily manipulatedlamblikelike putty in one's handsmalleablemanageablemanipulablemeekmildmilkyobedientpassivepersuadablepersuasiblepliantsubmissivetametractableunassertiveunresistingwillingyielding