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Definition of docile : 1. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child.
2. Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

Synonyms:

sheeplike, relaxed, blue-blooded, childlike, aristocratic, law-abiding, pliable, complying, supple, unresisting, teachable, manipulable, easygoing, obliging, mild, tractable, patrician, tamed, aristocratical, chilled, composed, cool, conformable, manageable, unassertive, gentle, compliant, amenable, resist, resigned, accommodating, governable, nonchalant, laid-back, well-behaved, passive, agreeable, easy, malleable, calm, at ease, meek, pliant, blue, soft, at one with, wild, sheepish, tame, adaptable, easily influenced

curtsying, yielding, acquiescent, browbeaten, subordinate, genuflecting, inferior, devoted, slavish, dutiful, subjected, complaisant, groveling, deferential, attending, kowtowing, humble, obedient, servile, submissive, menial, downtrodden, subservient, biddable, feudal, willing

Usage examples:

• She performed upon me with great zeal the same ceremonies that I had done for her the day before, and she was as gentle and docile as possible. - "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.
• Rhoda gave him the assurance, and he turned and went upstairs with her, docile at the prospect of hours to be passed in the sunlight. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• Rotha was utterly gentle and docile; did what he bade her and took what he gave her; indeed it was plain the poor child was in sore need of food, which she had had thus far no heart to eat. - "A Letter of Credit", Susan Warner.