Dictionary Definition
compliant adj
1 disposed or willing to comply; "children
compliant with the parental will" [ant: defiant]
2 willing to carry out the orders or wishes of
another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority";
"a gentle and biddable soul"; "children compliant with the parental
will" [syn: acquiescent, biddable]
3 easily influenced or imposed on
4 evidencing little spirit or courage; overly
submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his
opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek
conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the heart
of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient" [syn: meek, spiritless]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -aɪənt
Adjective
- Willing to comply;
yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.
- The suspect was compliant when arrested.
- Compatible with
or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.
- The browser is standards compliant.
- The workplace is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- The browser is standards compliant.
Translations
willing to comply
- Dutch: medewerkend, onderdanig, buigzaam
- Finnish: myöntyväinen, suostuvainen, alistuva
compatible with or following guidelines
- Dutch: voldoend aan, compatibel, in overeenstemming met
- Finnish: noudattava
- Polish: zgodny
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abject,
accepting, accommodating, accordant, acquiescent, acquiescing, active, adaptable, adapting, adaptive, adjustable, adjusting, affable, affirmative, agreeable, agreed, agreeing, alacritous, amenable, amiable, appliable, applicable, approving, ardent, assentatious, assenting, bendable, bending, benevolent, benign, benignant, complaisant, compliable, complying, conceding, concessive, conformable, conforming, conscientious, consentient, consenting, constant, content, cooperative, decent, devoted, devout, disposed, docile, ductile, duteous, dutiful, eager, elastic, endorsing, enthusiastic, exploitable, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, fain, faithful, favorable, favorably disposed,
favorably inclined, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, formable, formative, forward, game, generous, giving, gracious, humble, impressible, impressionable, in the
mind, in the mood, inclined, indulgent, kind, kindly, law-abiding, like putty,
limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, loyal, malleable, manipulable, meek, meticulous, minded, mindful, moldable, nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, nothing
loath, obedient,
obliging, observant, operable, other-directed,
overindulgent,
overpermissive,
passive, permissive, plastic, pliable, pliant, practical, practicing, predisposed, prompt, prone, punctilious, punctual, quick, ratifying, ready, ready and willing, receptive, reconciled, regardful, resigned, responsive, reusable, sanctioning, scrupulous, sensitive, sequacious, servile, shapable, springy, submissive, subservient, supine, supple, susceptible, tractable, tractile, true, unassertive, uncomplaining, ungrudging, unloath, unrefusing, unreluctant, unresistant, unresisting, usable, utilizable, well-disposed,
well-inclined, whippy,
willed, willing, willinghearted, willowy, yielding, zealous