Docile
Docile adjective - Readily giving in to the command or authority of another.
Usage example: a docile young pony that went wherever it was led
Mild is a synonym for docile in compliant topic. In some cases you can use "Mild" instead an adjective "Docile", when it comes to topics like property, wild, tame, domesticated.
Nearby Word: docility
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Subverted, invoked, and reconstructed in Dreamsnake: Someone's violent phobia of snakes gets the titular creaturea tiny, cute, docile alien viper whose venom is a sedative and mild hallucinogen but not lethalkilled and kicks off the Frontier Doctor heroine's troubles.
Source: Reptiles Are Abhorrent
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Mild and Docile. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/docile/mild
Docile & Mild. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/docile/mild>.
Mild or Docile. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/docile/mild.
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