COMPLIANT Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

compliant

adjective

kəm-ˈplī-ənt

Definition of compliant next

as in obedient

readily giving in to the command or authority of another a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press

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Recent Examples of compliant He was armed with a knife and was not compliant when arriving officers tried to detain him but eventually was arrested after officers tasered him, according to authorities. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026 Faced with that prospect, Tether built a separate compliant coin, the one move that preserved both businesses at once. —

Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Nor has her embarrassing failure to win confirmation of Vincent DeMore, a former prosecutor, to the Massachusetts Parole Board through the unusually compliant all-Democrat Governor’s Council. —

Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026 That means a water system can still be fully compliant with federal law while showing contamination levels EWG considers potentially concerning. —

Ryan Brennan may 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for compliant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for compliant

obedient

Adjective

These stories usually involve a woman shucking societal norms of being nice, pretty, and obedient.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Just think of all those vacant Madonnas, structurally perfect compositions, and obedient daydreams of antiquity.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026