biddable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbɪdəbəl/ UK /ˈbɪdəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
meekly ready to obey; docile and compliant

The biddable pony followed the child everywhere.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · meekly ready to obey;... docile compliant obedient tractable amenable manageable submissive

Opposites

unruly wilful obstinate intractable defiant

Word family

Derived forms biddablybiddability

Related forms bid bidding

Etymology

From bid ('to command') + -able; bid from Old English biddan ('to ask, pray, command'), of Germanic origin.

biddan Old English -able Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# biddable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɪdəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɪdəbəl/

## Meanings
1. meekly ready to obey; docile and compliant

## Examples
- The biddable pony followed the child everywhere.

## Synonyms
- docile
- compliant
- obedient
- tractable
- amenable
- manageable
- submissive

## Antonyms
- unruly
- wilful
- obstinate
- intractable
- defiant

## Derived Forms
- biddably
- biddability

## Related Forms
- bid
- bidding

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: biddan
- Root: -able

## Etymology
From bid ('to command') + -able; bid from Old English biddan ('to ask, pray, command'), of Germanic origin.

## AI Etymology
Biddable is from bid ('to command') + -able; bid from Old English biddan ('to ask, pray, command'), of Germanic origin. Important recorded forms include biddan (Old English) and -able (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers meekly ready to obey; docile and compliant. The wider family includes derived forms such as biddably and biddability and related words such as bid and bidding.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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