tractable

American  

[trak-tuh-buhl] / ˈtræk tə bəl /

adjective

1. easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding.

   a tractable child; a tractable disposition.

   Synonyms:

   governable, willing, manageable

   Antonyms:

   stubborn

2. easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable.

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tractable British  

/ ˈtræktəbəl /

adjective

1. easily controlled or persuaded

2. readily worked; malleable

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Other Word Forms

• nontractability noun
• nontractable adjective
• nontractableness noun
• nontractably adverb
• tractability noun
• tractableness noun
• tractably adverb
• untractability noun
• untractable adjective
• untractableness noun
• untractably adverb

Etymology

Origin of tractable

1495–1505; < Latin tractābilis, equivalent to tractā ( re ) to handle, deal with (frequentative of trahere to draw) + -bilis -ble