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- Dictionarytractable/ˈtraktəbl/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) easy to control or influence: "she has always been tractable and obedient, even as a child"
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easily dealt with, controlled, or persuaded: The problem turned out to be less tractable than I had expected. Opposite. intractable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Easiness and simplicity. (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log idiom. accessibility. at the push of a button idiom. at the stroke of a pen idiom.
The meaning of TRACTABLE is capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile. How to use tractable in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Tractable.
Tractable definition: easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding. See examples of TRACTABLE used in a sentence.
within the capacity of someone/something. See more results » (Definition of tractable from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of tractable. tractable. Measuring energetics of arboreal apes is not tractable; thus our knowledge in this area is limited. From Phys.Org.
tractable. /ˈtræktəbəl/ IPA guide. Other forms: tractably. If your little brother quietly obeys your instructions and waits for you at the food court while you and your friends wander around the mall, he's probably a tractable child, meaning he's obedient, flexible, and responds well to directions. Note the similarity between tractable and tractor.
If you say that a person, problem, or device is tractable, you mean that they can be easily controlled or dealt with. [ formal ] He could easily manage his tractable and worshipping younger brother.
1. Easily managed or controlled; governable. 2. Easily handled or worked; malleable. [Latin tractābilis, from tractāre, to manage, frequentative of trahere, to draw .] trac′ta·bil′i·ty, trac′ta·ble·ness n. trac′ta·bly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
