Hyphenation of docile

Are you trying to hyphenate docile? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

docile

Definitions of docile:

1.	Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed The docile masses of an enslaved nation
2.	Ready and willing to be taught Docile pupils eager for instruction Teachable youngsters
3.	Easily handled or managed A gentle old horse
4.	Docile and obedient

Synonyms of docile:

adj	docile, meek, tame, sheeplike, sheepish, yielding, obedient, tractable, manipulable
adj	teachable, tractable, manipulable
adj	gentle, tame, tamed

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