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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tractable \Tract"a*ble\, adjective [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to draw violently, to handle, treat. See {Treat}, verb (used with an object)]
1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.
I shall find them tractable enough. --Shak.
2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures. [Obs.] --Holder. --{Tract"a*ble*ness}, noun -- {Tract"a/bly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tractable
adjective
1: easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "gold is tractable"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler [syn: {manipulable}] [ant: {intractable}]
2: readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student" [syn: {responsive}, {amenable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "tractable": acquiescent, adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, ardent, bendable, bending, biddable, complaisant, compliant, conformable, consenting, content, convenient, cooperative, disposed, docile, ductile, eager, easygoing, elastic, enthusiastic, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, fain, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, feasible, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, foolproof, formable, formative, forward, game, giving, governable, handleable, handy, impressible, impressionable, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, malleable, manageable, maneuverable, minded, moldable, obedient, other-directed, persuadable, persuasible, plastic, pliable, pliant, practical, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick, ready, ready and willing, receptive, responsive, sensitive, sequacious, shapable, springy, subdued, submissive, supple, susceptible, tame, tractile, untroublesome, well-disposed, well-inclined, whippy, wieldable, wieldy, willed, willing, willinghearted, willowy, workable, yielding, zealous
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