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compliant

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Synonyms & Antonyms of compliant

readily giving in to the command or authority of another

a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press

Synonyms for compliant

amenable,
biddable,
conformable,
docile,
law-abiding,
obedient,
submissive,
tractable

Words Related to compliant

acquiescent,
agreeable,
amiable,
duteous,
dutiful,
obliging,
placable

soft,
surrendering,
yielding

fawning,
kowtowing,
obeisant,
obsequious,
servile,
slavish,
subordinate,
subservient

decorous,
disciplined,
mannerly,
orderly

constrained,
curbed,
inhibited,
repressed,
restrained

controllable,
disciplinable,
governable,
handleable,
manageable,
tame,
teachable,
trainable

gentle,
meek,
mild

Near Antonyms for compliant

insurgent,
mutinous

dogged,
hardheaded,
headstrong,
mulish,
obdurate,
obstinate,
peevish,
pigheaded,
self-willed,
stubborn,
unyielding

uncontrollable,
unmanageable,
wild

balky,
defiant,
perverse,
resistant

bad,
disorderly,
errant,
misbehaving,
mischievous,
naughty

ill-bred,
undisciplined

dissident,
nonconformist

disrespectful,
ill-mannered,
impolite,
impudent,
insolent,
rude

Antonyms for compliant

balky,
contrary,
contumacious,
defiant,
disobedient,
froward,
incompliant,
insubordinate,
intractable,
noncompliant,
obstreperous,
rebel,
rebellious,
recalcitrant,
refractory,
restive,
unamenable,
ungovernable,
unruly,
untoward,
wayward,
willful
(or wilful)

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“Compliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compliant. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.

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