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Definition: Biddable |
BiddableAdjective1. Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"; "a gentle and biddable soul"; "children compliant with the parental will". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "biddable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1889. (references) |
Synonyms: BiddableSynonyms: acquiescent (adj), compliant (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Biddable |
| English words defined with "biddable": acquiescent ♦ compliant. (references) |
| "Biddable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Biddable" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "biddable": now-biddable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "biddable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i bindur (certain, cocksure, committed, compliant, convinced, dedicated, docile, ductile, manageable, obedient, sequacious, submissive, well-behaved, wieldy). (various references) | |
Arabic | طيع (docile, malleable, manageable, plastic, pliable, tractable). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | послушен (amenable, gentle, good, governable, obedient, submissive, tame, toward, tractable, unresisting). (various references) | |
Czech | poslušný (docile, dutiful, obedient, submissive). (various references) | |
French | docile. (various references) | |
German | willfärhig, fügsam (acquiescent, compliant, docile, flexible, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, toward, tractable). (various references) | |
Greek | πράοσ (benign, bland, gentle, meek, mild, placid, quiet), υπάκουοσ (docile, dutiful, obedient). (various references) | |
Hungarian | engedelmes (conformable, deferential, dutiful, manageable, mindful, obedient, observant, submissive, subservient, tame). (various references) | |
Italian | docile (amenable, docile, governable, lamblike, meek, soft, tame, tractable, workable). (various references) | |
Manx | so-ghleayshagh (malleable, smooth-running), so-choyrlaghey (easily led), chebballagh (better, punter, sacrificer). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iddablebay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | submisso (acquiescent, amenable, broken, conformable, duteous, humble, obedient, submissive, yielding), responsável (accountable, amenable, answerable, responsible, sponsor), dócil (amenable, docile, facile, gentle, kind, manageable, meek, obedient, submissive, tractable, yielding). (various references) | |
Russian | послушный (amenable, docile, duteous, gentle, governable, manageable, obedient, sequacious, tractable, wieldly). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | koji može da se licitira. (various references) | |
Spanish | dócil (amenable, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, meek, mild, obedient, pliable, pliant, tame, tractable, yielding). (various references) | |
Swedish | lydig (docile, duteous, dutiful, good, obedient). (various references) | |
Thai | เต็มใจเชื่อฟัง. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | слухняний (amenable, conformable, docile, dutiful, governable, kind, mild, obedient, obediential, obeisant, obsequious, passive, toward, tractable). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vâng lời. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Biddable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baddable, Beddelem, bedtable, biddible, Boisdale. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "biddable" (pronounced 'Bid"da*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-d-d-e-i-l" | |
-1 letter: addible, dabbled, dibbled. | |
-2 letters: abided, babied, baddie, bailed, balded, bladed, dabbed, dabble, dialed, dibbed, dibble, laddie. | |
-3 letters: abide, addle, aided, ailed, babel, baled, bible, bided, bield, blade, dedal, ideal, idled, laded. | |
-4 letters: abbe, abed, able, aide, babe, bade, bail, bald, bale, bead, bide, bile, blab, blae, bleb, bled, dale, dead, deal, deil, deli, dial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-d-d-e-i-l" | |
+3 letters: billboarded, blackbirded. | |
+4 letters: subdividable. | |
+5 letters: biddabilities, biodegradable. | |
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