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1 Compliant -- rank: 1000

Compliant definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary COMPLIANT, a. 1. Yielding, bending; as the compliant boughs. [See Pliant, which is generally used.] 2. Yielding to ... 0 (2005) adj 1: disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will" [ant: defiant, noncompliant] Merriam Webster's ... disposed to comply ; submissive < a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press > 2. conforming to requirements < compliant software > • compliantly adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. disposed to ...

2 Y2K compliant -- rank: 878

Y2K compliant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: prepared to ...

3 Supple -- rank: 699

... flexible; easily bent; as supple joints; supple fingers. 2. Yielding; compliant; not obstinate. If punishment--makes not the will supple, it ... to render flexible; as, to supple leather. 1. To make compliant. A mother persisting till she had suppled the will of ... to fold) — more at ply Date: 14th century 1. a. compliant often to the point of obsequiousness b. readily adaptable or ... v. --adj. (suppler, supplest) 1 flexible, pliant; easily bent. 2 compliant; avoiding overt resistance; artfully or servilely submissive. --v.tr. & intr ... flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers. 2. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. If ... of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. --Addison. Syn: Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Supple ...

4 Obsequious -- rank: 589

... 1. Promptly obedient or submissive to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of others, properly to the will ... his orders, bear him hither. 2. Servilely or meanly condescending; compliant to excess; as an obsequious flatterer, minion or parasite. 3 ... obsequious shop assistants" Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle English, compliant, from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium compliance, from obsequi to comply ... 1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted. [Obs.] His servants ... orders, bear him hither. --Addison. 2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite. There lies ... to obsequies; funereal. [R.] ``To do obsequious sorrow.'' --Shak. Syn: Compliant; obedient; servile. See Yielding. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If ...

5 Indulgent -- rank: 486

... desires,humor or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; as an indulgent parent. 1. Mild ... wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as ... adj Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Yielding, compliant. 2. Lenient, mild, clement, tolerant, gentle, for-bearing, kind, tender ... attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, bibulous, broad-minded, charitable, clement, complaisant, compliant, consenting, considerate, cosseting, crapulent, crapulous, decent, delicate, disciplined, easy, easygoing ...

6 Yielding -- rank: 419

... a docile and yielding temperament > Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 compliant, submissive. 2 (of a substance) able to bend; not stiff ... Yield"ing, a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying (Law), the ... assent, bargain, bearing, bendable, bending, biddable, bouncy, cession, complaisance, compliance, compliant, composition, compromise, concession, consent, convenient, cop-out, deal, deference, desertion ...

7 Obedient -- rank: 419

... observance, wait the chief's command. --Pope. Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary A person or animal who ... ADV with v Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful, respectful, yielding compliance, observant, regardful, subservient. Moby ... adapting, adaptive, adjustable, adjusting, agreeable, amenable, assenting, biddable, complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, conformable, conforming, conscientious, consenting, deferential, devoted, docile, duteous, dutiful ...

8 Pliable -- rank: 419

... Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 bending easily; supple. 2 yielding, compliant. Derivatives: pliability n. pliableness n. pliably adv. Etymology: F f ... Flexible, flexile, pliant, supple, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent. 2. Compliant, yielding, manageable, tractable, easily persuaded, docile, obsequious, ductile, facile. Moby ... amenable, appliable, applicable, apt, bendable, bending, bendy, biddable, bright, clever, compliant, convenient, cowardly, creased, crimped, docile, dog-eared, doubled, ductile, educable ...

9 Easy -- rank: 419

... awkwardness, constraint, etc.; relaxed and pleasant (an easy manner). 4 compliant, obliging; easily persuaded (an easy touch). 5 Stock Exch. (of ... rest, at ease, without anxiety, without pain. 3. Yielding, complying, compliant, pliant, facile, submissive, accommodating, complaisant. 4. unconstrained, graceful, not formal ... clear-cut, clement, comfortable, comfortably situated, comfy, commodious, compassionate, complaisant, compliant, composed, content, contented, convenient, cordial, cosy, cozy, crawling, credulous, creeping ...

10 Flexible -- rank: 419

... not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering. Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ... supple, easily bent, flexile. 2. Tractable, pliant, pliable, yielding, complaisant, compliant, affable, gentle, ductile, docile. Moby Thesaurus able to adapt, acquiescent ... amenable, amphibious, bendable, bending, biddable, bouncy, buoyant, changeable, checkered, complaisant, compliant, conformable, convenient, cooperative, creased, crimped, docile, dog-eared, doubled, ductile ...

11 Meek -- rank: 419

... tame] 3: evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others ... abject, accommodating, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, amenable, bland, broken, chastened, compliant, deferential, docile, domesticated, dovelike, forbearing, gentle, housebroken, humble, humble-minded ...

12 stooge -- rank: 419

... the popular comedian" 3: act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner; "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator" Merriam ... Date: 1913 1. a. one who plays a subordinate or compliant role to a principal b. puppet 3 2. straight man ... or subordinate, esp. for routine or unpleasant work. 3 a compliant person; a puppet. --v.intr. 1 (foll. by for) act ...

13 Incompliant -- rank: 419

... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary INCOMPLI'ANT, a. [in and compliant.] Unyielding to request or solicitation; not disposed to comply. Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1647 not compliant or pliable Webster's 1913 Dictionary Incompliant In`com*pli"ant, a. Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn. -- In`com*pli ...

14 Conformable -- rank: 419

... Agreeable; suitable; consistent; as, nature is conformable to herself. 4. Compliant; ready to follow directions; submissive; obsequious; peaceable; disposed to obey ... form or character < conduct conformable to their principles > 2. submissive, compliant < be patient and conformable to my directions — Sir Walter Scott ... Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow direstions; submissive; compliant. I have been to you a true and humble wife ...

15 Complaisant -- rank: 419

... fr. L. complacere. See Complacent.] Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman. There are to whom my satire ... FASHIONED) ADJ Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Obliging, compliant, yielding, affable, gracious, courteous, polite, civil, debonair, familiar, easy, well ... assenting, attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, cheerful, civil, compatible, compliable, compliant, complying, conformable, congenial, consenting, considerate, cordial, courteous, decent, deferential, delicate ...