tractile

Questions about tractile

What does tractile mean?

tractile means "capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out".

How many syllables are in tractile?

tractile has 3 syllables: trac-ti-le. The stress falls on "trac".

What is another word for tractile?

Close synonyms include ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile. 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 tractile a common word?

tractile is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tractile come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.