A biddable individual is someone you can issue an order to—that is,
someone who will do your bidding. The word dates to the late 18th
century, and currently our earliest evidence for it is a quote in the
Scottish National Dictionary. There are a number of words in English that do what
biddable does.
Tractable,
amenable, and
docile are three of them.
Biddable is often applied to children and indicates a ready, constant inclination to follow orders, requests, and
suggestions.
Tractable suggests characteristics that make for easy guiding, leading, ordering, or managing; its antonym
intractable (as in "intractable problems") is more common.
Amenable indicates a disposition to be agreeable or complaisant as well as a lack of assertive independence.
Docile can stress a disposition to submit, either due to guidance and control or to imposition and oppression.
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