governable

From govern + -able.

governable (comparative more governable, superlative most governable)

1. Capable of being governed or subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule.

   Synonyms: controllable, manageable, ruleable, obedient, tractable; see also Thesaurus:docile

   Antonym: ungovernable

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 397:

     Even without theatrical shoes on, Erlys was taller than Luca Zombini, and kept her fair hair in a Psyche knot, out of which the less governable tresses continued, with the day, to escape.

• governability
• governableness

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “governable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “governable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.