tractable

Questions about tractable

What does tractable mean?

tractable means "easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tractable?

tractable has 3 syllables: trac-ta-ble. The stress falls on "trac". In IPA it is /ˈtɹæktəbəl/.

What is another word for tractable?

Close synonyms include manipulable, amenable. 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.

What is the opposite of tractable?

The recorded antonyms are intractable.

Is tractable a common word?

tractable 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.

What rhymes with tractable?

2 words rhyme with tractable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.