English Explanatory Dictionary

tractable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed.
  2. Easy to deal with or manage.
  3. Capable of being shaped; malleable.
  4. Capable of being handled or touched.
  5. Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution.
  6. Algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/ en-us-tractable.ogg en-au-tractable.ogg

Word forms

tractable more tractable most tractable

Etymology

From Middle English tractable, tractabel, from Latin tractābilis (“that may be touched, handled, or managed”), from tractō (“take in hand, handle, manage”), frequentative of trahō (“draw”).

Synonyms

docile manageable governable amenable biddable complaisant compliant controllable indulgent maniable meek passive pliant rulable tractable yielding palpable practicable feasible serviceable

Antonyms

intractable

Related words

tractability tractableness tractably
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