docile
adjective
[ ˈdəʊsʌɪl ]
• ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.
• "a cheap and docile workforce"
Similar:
compliant,
obedient,
pliant,
dutiful,
willing,
passive,
submissive,
deferential,
tame,
meek,
mild,
lamblike,
unassertive,
unresisting,
yielding,
cooperative,
amenable,
accommodating,
biddable,
persuadable,
ductile,
manageable,
controllable,
tractable,
malleable,
manipulable,
easily manipulated,
easily handled,
like putty in one's hands,
milky,
persuasible,
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘apt or willing to learn’): from Latin docilis, from docere ‘teach’.
