TRACTABLENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The trait of being easily persuaded

Synonyms:

flexibility; tractability; tractableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("tractableness" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Attribute:

manipulable; tractable (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded))

intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tractableness"):

manageability; manageableness (capable of being managed or controlled)

docility (the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable)

domestication; tameness (the attribute of having been domesticated)

obedience (the trait of being willing to obey)

Derivation:

tractable (responsive to suggestions and influences)

tractable (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded))