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acquiescent
ac·qui·es·cent A0062200 (ăk′wē-ĕs′ənt)adj. Disposed or willing to acquiesce. ac′qui·es′cent·ly adv.ac•qui•es•cent (ˌæk wiˈɛs ənt) adj. disposed to acquiesce or consent tacitly. [1745–55; < Latin] ac`qui•es′cent•ly, adv. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | acquiescent - willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"biddableobedient - dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke |
acquiescentadjective submissive, agreeing, accepting, approving, yielding, consenting, accommodating, conforming, agreeable, meek, assenting, obedient, compliant, amenable, acceding, concurrent, ingratiating, malleable, deferential, pliant, obsequious, tractable, unresisting, bootlicking (informal), obeisant The other men were acquiescent but he had an independent streak.acquiescentadjective1. Submitting without objection or resistance:nonresistant, passive, resigned, submissive.2. Disposed to accept or agree:agreeable, game, minded, ready, willing.Archaic: fain.Translationsacquiesce (ӕkwiˈes) verb to agree. After a lot of persuasion, he finally acquiesced. 同意 同意acquiˈescence noun 同意 同意acquiˈescent adjective 同意的 同意的acquiescent Related to acquiescent: preoccupiedSynonyms for acquiescentadj submissiveSynonyms- submissive
- agreeing
- accepting
- approving
- yielding
- consenting
- accommodating
- conforming
- agreeable
- meek
- assenting
- obedient
- compliant
- amenable
- acceding
- concurrent
- ingratiating
- malleable
- deferential
- pliant
- obsequious
- tractable
- unresisting
- bootlicking
- obeisant
Synonyms for acquiescentadj submitting without objection or resistanceSynonyms- nonresistant
- passive
- resigned
- submissive
adj disposed to accept or agreeSynonyms- agreeable
- game
- minded
- ready
- willing
- fain
Synonyms for acquiescentadj willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protestSynonymsRelated Words |