Synonyms of compliant

compliant

adjective

kəm-ˈplī-ənt 

as in obedient

readily giving in to the command or authority of another

a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obedient
• docile
• submissive
• restrained
• conformable
• tractable
• amenable
• biddable
• soft
• gentle
• controllable
• decorous
• meek
• law-abiding
• acquiescent
• repressed
• dutiful
• tame
• obliging
• subordinate
• amiable
• agreeable
• governable
• servile
• subservient
• obsequious
• manageable
• disciplined
• constrained
• yielding
• orderly
• slavish
• surrendering
• fawning
• mannerly
• mild
• duteous
• placable
• obeisant
• inhibited
• trainable
• teachable
• kowtowing
• handleable
• disciplinable
• curbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noncompliant
• defiant
• refractory
• contrary
• willful
• recalcitrant
• wilful
• rebellious
• unruly
• disobedient
• intractable
• wayward
• obstreperous
• insubordinate
• restive
• contumacious
• ungovernable
• stubborn
• rebel
• balky
• mutinous
• untoward
• resistant
• obstinate
• insurgent
• unyielding
• obdurate
• wild
• incompliant
• headstrong
• peevish
• unmanageable
• uncontrollable
• defiant
• dogged
• hardheaded
• mulish
• unamenable
• perverse
• bad
• froward
• naughty
• disorderly
• mischievous
• balky
• errant
• pigheaded
• undisciplined
• self-willed
• dissident
• insolent
• impudent
• nonconformist
• rude
• disrespectful
• misbehaving
• impolite
• ill-bred
• ill-mannered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of compliant

Here’s the truth: Your accountant might keep you compliant. —Kyle Hollenbeck, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025

Some students are now reconsidering plans to remain in the U.S., while others are adjusting future plans to avoid travel and stay compliant, The Associated Press reported. —Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025

Our sites are fully RTA compliant as rated by the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP), and are strictly reserved for those of legal age only. —ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025

Some children instead become: Overly compliant Perfectionistic Eager to please What to make of these behaviors? —​wendy Wisner, Parents, 27 May 2025