tractable

tractable is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.
2. transitive verb. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
3. adjective. readily reacting to suggestions and influences

   "a responsive student"

   Synonyms: amenable

4. adjective. easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)- Samuel Butler

   "tractable young minds"

   "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"

   Synonyms: manipulable

Synonyms

amenable, manipulable

Common word forms

tractableness

Words from these letters

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