adj
Meaning 1
Compliant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
complaisant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəmˈpleɪsənt/
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US: /kəmˈpleɪsənt/
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US: /kəmˈpleɪzənt/
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General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: complacent
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P L EY1 S AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Willing to do what pleases others; obliging; agreeable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amenable, complaisant, tractable, biddable, compliant, controllable, docile, governable, indulgent, manageable, maniable, meek, passive, pliant, rulable, yielding
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Polite; showing respect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: civil, fair-mannered, respectful, civilized, complaisant, correct, courteous, cultivated, genteel, mannerly, polished, polite, politic, reasonable, refined, urbane, well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover
- the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: obliging
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French complaisant (“willing to please”), from complaire, from Latin complacēre (“please well”), from com- (“with”) + placeō (“please”).
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отстъпчив (otstǎpčiv) — compliant
- Dutch: voldoend (aan) — compliant
- Dutch: passend — compliant
- Esperanto: cedema — compliant
- Norwegian Bokmål: føyelig — compliant
- Polish: miły — compliant
- Spanish: complaciente — compliant
- Spanish: complacedor — compliant
- Spanish: complacedero — compliant
- Swedish: foglig — compliant
- Bulgarian: внимателен (vnimatelen) — willing to do what pleases others
- Bulgarian: любезен (ljubezen) — willing to do what pleases others
- Dutch: tegemoetkomend — willing to do what pleases others
- Dutch: welwillend — willing to do what pleases others
- Dutch: willig — willing to do what pleases others
- Esperanto: komplezema — willing to do what pleases others
- French: complaisant — willing to do what pleases others
- German: gefällig — willing to do what pleases others
- German: entgegenkommend — willing to do what pleases others
- German: wohlwollend — willing to do what pleases others
- Norwegian Bokmål: imøtekommende — willing to do what pleases others
- Norwegian Bokmål: velvillig — willing to do what pleases others
- Norwegian Bokmål: villig — willing to do what pleases others
- Polish: usłużny — willing to do what pleases others
- Spanish: complaciente — willing to do what pleases others
- Spanish: complacedor — willing to do what pleases others
- Spanish: complacedero — willing to do what pleases others
- Swedish: tillmötesgående — willing to do what pleases others
- Bulgarian: вежлив (vežliv) — polite
- Dutch: tegemoetkomend — polite
- Dutch: vriendelijk — polite
- Dutch: respectvol — polite
- Esperanto: bonmaniera — polite
- Esperanto: ĝentila — polite
- Polish: grzeczny — polite
- Swedish: artig — polite