Antonyms of adj mulish

1 sense of mulish

Sense 1
hardheaded, mulish -- (unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack)

INDIRECT (VIA stubborn) -> docile -- (willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation")

Similarity of adj mulish

1 sense of mulish

Sense 1
hardheaded, mulish -- (unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack)
       => stubborn (vs. docile), obstinate, unregenerate -- (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)