ma·nip·u·la·ble

(mə-nĭp′yə-lə-bəl)

adj.

Possible to manipulate: a manipulable lever; a manipulable populace.

ma·nip′u·la·bil′i·ty n.

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ma•nip•u•la•ble

(məˈnɪp yə lə bəl)

adj.

capable of or susceptible to being manipulated.

[1880–85]

ma•nip`u•la•bil′i•ty, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

manipulable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler

tractable

compliant - disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will"

manageable - capable of being managed or controlled

obedient - dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke

docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"

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