tractable

Meaning

1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed.
2. Easy to deal with or manage.
3. Capable of being shaped; malleable.
4. (obsolete) Capable of being handled or touched.
5. Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution.
6. Algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time.

Synonyms

docile

obedient

amenable

submissive

manageable

malleable

manipulable

pliable

conformable

compliant

flexible

governable

meek

ductile

dutiful

feasible

given

handle

law-abiding

liable

manage

master

minded

moldable

obsequious

pliant

practicable

receptive

subject

subservient

suggestible

tame

teachable

tending

thinkable

tractile

viable

vulnerable

wieldy

workable

yielding

accommodating

easy to deal with

accommodative

achievable

adaptable

apt

attainable

biddable

buxom

Translations

conciliant

manejável

inschikkelijk

handelbaar

malléable

uysal

tractable

docile

lenkbar

سلس

ευάγωγος

maneggevole

ausführbar

auf Einklang bedacht

مذعان

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tractable

In summary

From Middle English tractable, tractabel, from Latin tractābilis (“that may be touched, handled, or managed”), from tractō (“take in hand, handle, manage”), frequentative of trahō (“draw”).