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Synonyms and antonyms of compliant in English

compliant

adjective
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SUBMISSIVE

Synonyms

submissive
obedient
yielding
meek
humble
mild
nonresisting
deferential
pliant
docile
complaisant
acquiescent
malleable
passive
capitulating
dutiful
unassertive
tractable
accommodating
truckling
toadying
obsequious
slavish
servile
fawning
ingratiating
subservient
crawling
bootlicking

Antonyms

rebellious
disobedient
haughty
proud
arrogant
unyielding
defiant
refractory
resistant
assertive
masterful

MEEK

Synonyms

meek
submissive
deferential
complaisant
docile
yielding
tractable
acquiescent
unresisting
long-suffering
spineless
spiritless
weak-kneed
lamblike
humble
mild
gentle
modest
unassuming
unassertive
unpretentious
retiring
tolerant
tenderhearted

Antonyms

domineering
bossy
willful
overbearing
self-assertive
bold
forward
presumptuous
spirited
spunky
Informal
rebellious
insubordinate
unyielding
arrogant
lordly
proud
immodest
pretentious

PASSIVE

Synonyms

passive
submissive
inactive
unassertive
apathetic
impassive
acquiescent
yielding
inert
quiescent
docile
pliable
tractable
lifeless
spiritless
listless
dormant
nonresistant
unresisting
patient
resigned
enduring

Antonyms

active
domineering
dominant
forceful
aggressive
assertive
dynamic
energetic
alive
alert

RESIGNED

Synonyms

resigned
reconciled
philosophical
manageable
obedient
passive
patient
quiescent
stoical
submissive
subservient
tractable
unprotesting
unresisting
acquiescent
amenable
biddable
enduring
longsuffering

EASY

Synonyms

easy
not strict
lenient
permissive
not harsh
not oppressive
indulgent
accommodating
yielding
tractable
soft
gentle
benign
mild
docile
unsuspicious
gullible
overly trusting
naïve

Antonyms

hard
strict
harsh
rigid
difficult
demanding
exacting
authoritarian
dictatorial
oppressive
unyielding
suspicious
guarded

OBEDIENT

Synonyms

obedient
obeying
dutiful
amenable
submissive
subservient
yielding
docile
acquiescent
faithful
loyal
law-abiding
devoted
deferential
respectful
obeisant
governable
tractable

Antonyms

disobedient
disobeying
insubordinate
rebellious
contrary
perverse
wayward
recalcitrant
refractory
intractable
unruly
contumacious
disrespectful
undutiful
arrogant
unyielding
obstinate
obdurate
stubborn
ungovernable
unmanageable

COMPLAISANT

Synonyms

complaisant
obliging
solicitous
pleasing
agreeable
cordial
congenial
affable
warm
gracious
friendly
pleasant
amiable
good-natured
good-humored
easygoing

Antonyms

unobliging
contrary
unsolicitous
uncooperative
indifferent
disagreeable
unpleasant
cold
unfriendly
ungracious

FLEXIBLE

Synonyms

flexible
adaptable
changeable
yielding
responsive
manageable
malleable
complaisant
docile
submissive
easily managed
amiable
genial
mild
gentle

Antonyms

intractable
unyielding
inexorable
absolute
dogmatic

PLIABLE

Synonyms

pliable
impressionable
pliant
receptive
willing
responsive
flexible
easily influenced
accommodating
manageable
adaptable
submissive
yielding
acquiescent
tractable

Antonyms

stubborn
obstinate
inflexible
unyielding
willful
headstrong
dogged
intractable
dogmatic

PLIANT

Synonyms

easily influenced
yielding
adaptable
manageable
tractable
ductile
facile
docile
pliant
pliable
supple
flexible
flexile
lithe
limber

Antonyms

inflexible
unyielding
rigid
intractable

TRACTABLE

Synonyms

tractable
amenable
easy to manage
manageable
easy to control
controllable
governable
obedient
trainable
teachable
docile
tame
submissive
yielding

Antonyms

intractable
unmanageable
uncontrollable
ungovernable
disobedient
wild
unruly
refractory
headstrong
willful
stubborn
obstinate

YIELDING

Synonyms

yielding
acquiescent
accommodating
biddable
docile
easy
flexible
nonresistant
passive
pliable
pliant
submissive
tractable

Antonyms

obstinate
stubborn
dogged
headstrong
willful

ADAPTABLE

Synonyms

adaptable
flexible
pliant
unrigid
open-minded
easygoing
obliging
accommodating
conformable
malleable
tractable
amenable

Antonyms

inflexible
rigid
fixed
closed-minded
uptight
Slang

DUCTILE

Synonyms

amenable
docile
adaptable
complaisant
submissive
ductile
manipulable
tractable
swayable
susceptible
manageable

WILLING

Synonyms

willing
favorably inclined
content
favorably disposed
amenable
agreeable
responsive
not averse
game
ready

Antonyms

unwilling
disinclined
reluctant
loath
averse

DOCILE

Synonyms

docile
manageable
tractable
tame
obedient
complaisant
agreeable
obliging
willing

Antonyms

unruly
wild
ungovernable
disobedient
untrainable

DUTIFUL

Synonyms

obedient
conscientious
dutiful
diligent
faithful
loyal

Antonyms

uncaring
disrespectful
disobedient
careless
remiss
 Synonyms for compliant from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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