Find the word that fits

Tractable: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Tractable

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

71 useful connections shown 33 reviewed relationships and 38 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Similar meaning 14

Docile 84% connected

Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Docile 84% connected

Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Ductile 84% connected

Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Ductile 84% connected

Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Malleable 84% connected

Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Malleable 84% connected

Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Susceptible 84% connected

Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteratio…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Susceptible 84% connected

Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteratio…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Tamable 84% connected

Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Tamable 84% connected

Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Tameable 84% connected

Tamable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Tameable 84% connected

Tamable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Teachable 84% connected

Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Teachable 84% connected

Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Derivationally related 2

Flexibility 74% connected

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Flexibility 74% connected

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

See also 12

Compliant 66% connected

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Compliant 66% connected

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Docile 66% connected

Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Docile 66% connected

Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Manageable 66% connected

Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Manageable 66% connected

Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Obedient 66% connected

Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Obedient 66% connected

Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Tame 66% connected

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Tame 66% connected

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Attribute 4

Flexibility 66% connected

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Flexibility 66% connected

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Tractability 66% connected

The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Tractability 66% connected

The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Synonym 1

Amenable 92% connected

Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.