compliant

Adjective

Meaning

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

meek putty allegiant easy soft plastic compatible willing flexible passive susceptible cooperative elastic yielding receptive

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

defiant noncompliant cavalier hong naughty bullhead

Show all antonyms

Phrases with the word

compliant person less compliant be compliant to compliant citizen be compliant compliant man

Anagrams

complaint coimplant

Examples

Where would dictators be without our compliant amnesia? Make the collective lose its memory, you can conceal anything. Charles Stross

Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women. Orson Scott Card

We would be better off thinking of nature as a tiger than as a docile and compliant automaton that can never threaten our survival. Bruno Latour

We should not be comfortable or content in a society where the only way to remain free of surveillance and repression is if we make ourselves as unthreatning, passive, and compliant as possible. Glenn Greenwald

No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. [...] A citizenry that is aware of always being watched quickly becomes a compliant and fearful one. Glenn Greenwald

A spirited horse, a compliant; an aggressive man, a compliant horse. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

compliance with the law compliance with the principle of proportionality compliancy compliant citizen compliant man compliant person