78 entries under docile topic. ×
| obeisant(adjective, meek, attentive, compliant, passive) | |
| observant(adjective, compliant, submissive, deferential) | |
| on a string(expression, compliant, submissive, deferential) | |
| putty in hands(expression, adjective, idiom, soft, subdued) | |
| regardful(compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful) | |
| reverential(compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful) | |
| sheeplike(compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful) | |
| under control(expression, compliant, submissive, deferential) | |
| venerating(compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful) | |
| well-behaved submissive(expression, compliant, submissive, deferential) | |
| well-trained(compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful) | |
| wrapped around finger(expression, compliant, submissive, deferential) | |
| easily led(expression, adjective, flexible, supple) | |
| easily swayed(expression, adjective, compliant, obedient) | |
| going along with(expression, adjective, idiom, subdued, yielding) | |
| putty(adjective, flexible, supple, workable) | |
| rolling with punches(expression, adjective, idiom, subdued, yielding) | |
| rolling with the punches(expression, adjective, idiom, flexible) |
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