acquiescent :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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compliant, biddable

adj. willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"

Fuzzynyms (20)

assenting, agreeing, assentient

adj. expressing agreement or consent; "an assenting nod"

consenting

adj. having given consent; "consenting adults"

compliant

adj. disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will"

mild, modest, meek

adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"

passive, inactive

adj. lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith

inert, lethargic, sluggish, torpid

adj. slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"

subservient

adj. compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw

willing

adj. disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"

willing, submissive, agreeable, amenable

adj. disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"

Synonyms (5)

submissive, conformable

adj. quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare

dutiful, duteous, respectful

adj. willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";

Antonyms (4)

disobedient

adj. not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

cross-grained, balky, contrarious

adj. difficult to deal with

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