indocile

1. 1.

   incapable of being controlled

   “the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly”

   Synonymsuncontrollableungovernableunruly

   Similarunmanageable

Questions about indocile

What does indocile mean?

indocile means "incapable of being controlled".

How many syllables are in indocile?

indocile has 4 syllables: in-do-ci-le. The stress falls on "do".

What is another word for indocile?

Close synonyms include uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indocile a common word?

indocile is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.