Antonyms for in tractable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-trak-tuh-buhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtræk tə bəl |
- acceptable
- accepting
- accommodating
- agreeable
- agreeing
- aiding
- alike
- amenable
- attentive
- auspicious
- aware
- behaved
- behaving
- bendable
- bending
- beneficial
- bright
- broad-minded
- calm
- casual
- cautious
- cheerful
- clean
- comforting
- compassionate
- complacent
- complaisant
- compliant
- concerned
- concordant
- conforming
- conquerable
- conscious
- consistent
- controllable
- controlled
- cooperative
- correspondent
- delicate
- dependable
- docile
- easy
- easy-going
- elastic
- encouraging
- equal
- facile
- flexible
- following
- fortunate
- fragile
- free
- friendly
- gentle
- giving
- good
- governable
- graceful
- happy
- harmonious
- hearing
- helpful
- homogeneous
- hopeful
- informal
- involuntary
- irrational
- irresolute
- joyful
- kind
- laid-back
- lenient
- light
- like
- listening
- lucky
- manageable
- merciful
- mild
- moderate
- moral
- nice
- normal
- obedient
- obliging
- observant
- orderly
- passive
- patient
- peaceful
- placable
- plain
- pleasant
- pleasing
- pliable
- pliant
- pretty
- proper
- pure
- reasonable
- reformable
- relaxed
- remorseful
- resilient
- rulable
- safe
- same
- similar
- simple
- sociable
- soft
- steady
- straightforward
- stupid
- submissive
- submitting
- subordinate
- suitable
- sunny
- supple
- surrendering
- sympathetic
- tender
- tolerant
- tractable
- trivial
- uncertain
- uncomplicated
- unrealistic
- unreasonable
- unstable
- unwilling
- useful
- vulnerable
- wavering
- weak
- willing
- wobbly
- wonderful
- yielding
Definition of in tractable
Origin :- c.1500, "rough, stormy;" 1540s, "not manageable," from Latin intractabilis "not to be handled, unmanageable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + tractabilis (see tractable). Related: Intractably.
- As in incorrigible : adj bad, hopeless
- As in inflexible : adj stubborn
- As in insubordinate : adj rebellious
- As in intractable/intransigent : adj difficult, stubborn
- As in mulish : adj obstinate
- As in naughty : adj bad, misbehaved
- As in obstinate : adj stubborn, determined
- As in perverse : adj mean, ornery; troublesome
- As in pigheaded : adj stubborn
- As in rebellious : adj disobedient, unmanageable
- As in recalcitrant : adj disobedient, uncontrollable
- As in balky : adj uncooperative
- As in stiff : adj formal, standoffish
- As in stubborn : adj obstinate, unyielding
- As in tough : adj obstinate, rough
- As in tough : adj difficult, laborious
- As in troublesome : adj bothersome, worrisome
- As in unbending : adj rigid, tough
- As in uncontrollable : adj wild; carried away
- As in unruly : adj disobedient
- As in untoward : adj troublesome
- As in unyielding : adj steadfast, resolute
- As in wayward : adj contrary, unmanageable
- As in willful : adj stubborn, obstinate
- As in hardheaded : adj stubborn
- As in intractable : adj difficult
- As in pig-headed : adj stubborn
- As in refractory : adj obstinate
- As in unconquerable : adj insurmountable
- As in ungovernable : adj rebellious
- As in inalterable : adj inflexible
- As in incompliant : adj stubborn
- As in indocile : adj unruly
- As in unbendable : adj stubborn
- As in uncompliant : adj stubborn
- As in contrary : adj antagonistic; opposite
- As in contumacious : adj headstrong, obstinate
- As in deaf : adj unwilling
- As in difficult : adj unmanageable socially
- As in disobedient : adj defiant, mischievous
- As in fractious : adj grouchy, cross
- As in grim : adj hopeless, horrible in manner, appearance
- As in hard-nosed/hardheaded : adj stubborn
- As in headstrong : adj stubborn
- As in implacable : adj merciless, cruel
Synonyms for in tractable
- abandoned
- aberrant
- abnormal
- adamant
- adamantine
- adverse
- alarming
- alienated
- aloof
- anarchistic
- angular
- annoying
- anti
- antipathetic
- antipodal
- antipodean
- antithetical
- arbitrary
- arduous
- argumentative
- artificial
- assertive
- astute
- attacking
- austere
- averse
- awkward
- backbreaking
- bad-tempered
- badly behaved
- baffling
- balky
- barbarous
- bawdy
- bearish
- beastly
- bellicose
- beside oneself
- bleak
- boorish
- brassbound
- bull-headed
- bullheaded
- burdensome
- callous
- cantankerous
- capricious
- captious
- ceremonious
- changeable
- churlish
- clashing
- cold
- confirmed
- conflicting
- constrained
- contradictory
- contrariant
- contrary
- contumacious
- converse
- convinced
- cool
- corrupt
- counter
- crabbed
- crabby
- crisp
- cross
- cross-grained
- cruel
- crusty
- cussed
- damaging
- dangerous
- dark
- dead set on
- defiant
- degenerate
- delinquent
- demanding
- dense
- depraved
- desperate
- determined
- deviant
- diametric
- die-hard
- difficult
- disaffected
- disastrous
- discordant
- disloyal
- disobedient
- disorderly
- disquieting
- dissentient
- dissentious
- dissident
- distant
- disturbing
- do or die
- dogged
- dogmatic
- drastic
- drunken
- dug in
- dyed-in-the-wool
- effortful
- errant
- erratic
- erring
- estranged
- evil
- exacting
- exasperating
- excited
- exhausting
- exigent
- factious
- fastidious
- ferocious
- fickle
- fiendish
- fierce
- finicky
- firm
- fixed
- flighty
- foolhardy
- forbidding
- forced
- foreboding
- formal
- formidable
- forward
- fractious
- frantic
- freaked
- fretful
- frightful
- froward
- funereal
- furious
- fussy
- ghastly
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- grievous
- grim
- grisly
- grouchy
- gruesome
- grumpy
- hairy
- handful
- hang tough
- hapless
- harassing
- hard
- hard as nails
- hard to please
- hard-and-fast
- hard-bitten
- hard-boiled
- hard-core
- hard-line
- hard-nosed
- hard-shell
- hard-shelled
- hardened
- hardheaded
- harsh
- haughty
- headstrong
- heady
- heavy
- heedless
- hesitant
- hideous
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- horrid
- hostile
- huffy
- iconoclastic
- ill-starred
- immalleable
- immoral
- immovable
- immutable
- impervious
- impetuous
- impish
- implacable
- impliable
- impolite
- importunate
- impotent
- impregnable
- imprudent
- impulsive
- inauspicious
- incompliant
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- inconvenient
- incorrigible
- incurable
- indecorous
- indefeasible
- indifferent
- indisposed
- individualistic
- indocile
- indomitable
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inexpugnable
- infestive
- inflexible
- inimical
- innate
- inopportune
- insistent
- insoluble
- insubmissive
- insubordinate
- insuperable
- insuppressible
- insurgent
- insurrectionary
- intemperate
- intractable
- intransigent
- intricate
- invariable
- inveterate
- invincible
- invulnerable
- irksome
- iron
- ironclad
- ironfisted
- irreconcilable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irrepressible
- irresistible
- irritable
- irritating
- knotty
- labored
- laborious
- lawless
- level-headed
- levelheaded
- like a loose cannon
- loath
- locked
- locked in
- locked-in
- loser
- luckless
- mad
- mannered
- mean
- merciless
- messy
- mischievous
- miscreant
- misfortunate
- morose
- mortal
- mule
- mulish
- murder
- mutinous
- narrow
- naughty
- nefarious
- negative
- negativistic
- no piece of cake
- noncompliant
- nonconforming
- nonconformist
- nonobservant
- oafish
- obdurate
- oblivious
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- ominous
- onerous
- opinionated
- opinionative
- opposed
- opposing
- oppressive
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- painful
- paradoxical
- pat
- peevish
- perplexing
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pesky
- pestiferous
- pestilential
- pettish
- petulant
- picky
- pig-headed
- pigheaded
- pitiless
- playful
- pompous
- practical
- pragmatic
- priggish
- prim
- problematic
- pugnacious
- punctilious
- puzzling
- quarrelsome
- querulous
- radical
- rampant
- rancorous
- rascally
- rash
- rational
- raunchy
- realistic
- rebel
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- recidivous
- reckless
- recusant
- refractory
- relentless
- reluctant
- remorseless
- repressive
- reserved
- resistant
- resisting
- resistive
- resolute
- resolved
- restive
- restless
- reverse
- revolutionary
- rigid
- rigorous
- rioting
- riotous
- rotten
- rough
- rowdy
- rude
- ruffianly
- ruthless
- sabotaging
- savage
- scowling
- scrappy
- secure
- seditious
- self-indulgent
- self-willed
- sensible
- set
- set in one's ways
- set in stone
- severe
- shocking
- shrewd
- sinful
- single-minded
- sinister
- snappish
- sober
- solid
- somber
- sour
- spiteful
- splenetic
- stand one's ground
- stand pat
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- star-crossed
- starchy
- staunch
- steadfast
- steely
- stern
- sticking to one's guns
- stiff
- stiff-necked
- stilted
- strenuous
- strict
- stringent
- strong
- strong-minded
- strong-willed
- stubborn
- stupid
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- taut
- taxing
- teasing
- tenacious
- terrible
- testy
- thin-skinned
- thorny
- threatening
- tiresome
- to listen blind
- toilsome
- touchy
- tough
- tough nut
- tough-nut
- treacherous
- treasonable
- tricky
- troublesome
- troublous
- truculent
- trying
- turbulent
- ugly
- unaccommodating
- unadaptable
- unalterable
- unamenable
- unappeasable
- unaware
- unbeatable
- unbendable
- unbending
- unbridled
- unchangeable
- uncompliant
- uncomplying
- uncompromising
- unconcerned
- uncontainable
- uncontrollable
- uncooperative
- uncorrectable
- undependable
- undisciplinable
- undisciplined
- uneasy
- unfavorable
- unflexible
- unflinching
- unforgiving
- unfortunate
- ungainly
- ungovernable
- ungraceful
- unhappy
- unhealthy
- unhearing
- unlucky
- unmanageable
- unmovable
- unmoved
- unnatural
- unpliable
- unpredictable
- unpropitious
- unreasonable
- unreformed
- unrelaxed
- unrelenting
- unresponsive
- unrestrainable
- unruly
- unsentimental
- unshakable
- unstable
- unsurpassable
- unswayable
- untimely
- untoward
- unwavering
- unwilling
- unyielding
- uphill
- upsetting
- uptight
- useless
- variable
- vexatious
- vexing
- vicious
- villainous
- vindictive
- violent
- wanton
- warring
- wayward
- wearisome
- weighty
- whimsical
- wicked
- wild
- willful
- withstanding
- wooden
- worrying
- worthless
- wrong
- wrongheaded
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