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manipulable

Definitions of manipulable
  1. adjective
    easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
    synonyms: tractable
    compliant
    disposed or willing to comply
    manageable
    capable of being managed or controlled
    obedient
    dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority
    docile
    willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
    tame, tamed
    brought from wildness into a domesticated state
    ductile, malleable
    easily influenced
    docile, educable, teachable
    ready and willing to be taught
    tamable, tameable
    capable of being tamed
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    Antonyms:
    intractable
    not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
    defiant, noncompliant
    boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
    difficult, unmanageable
    hard to control
    disobedient
    not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
    obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate
    tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
    untamed, wild
    in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
    balking, balky
    stopping short and refusing to go on
    refractory, stubborn
    not responding to treatment
    uncontrollable, unmanageable
    difficult to solve or alleviate
    unmalleable
    difficult or impossible to shape or work
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