Acquiescent \Ac`qui*es"cent\, a. [L. acquiescens, -centis; p.
pr.]
Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit;
assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
acquiescent
adj : 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: biddable, compliant]
WordNet (r) 2.0
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "acquiescent":
abject, accepting, accommodating, accordant, acquiescing,
adaptable, adapting, adaptive, adjustable, adjusting, affirmative,
agreeable, agreed, agreeing, alacritous, amenable, approving,
ardent, assentatious, assenting, complaisant, compliable,
compliant, complying, conceding, concessive, conformable,
conforming, consentient, consenting, content, cooperative, devoted,
disposed, docile, duteous, dutiful, eager, endorsing, enthusiastic,
fain, faithful, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined,
flexible, forward, game, humble, in the mind, in the mood,
inclined, law-abiding, loyal, malleable, meek, minded,
nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive,
nothing loath, obedient, other-directed, passive, permissive,
plastic, pliant, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick, ratifying,
ready, ready and willing, receptive, reconciled, resigned,
responsive, sanctioning, servile, submissive, subservient, supine,
tractable, unassertive, uncomplaining, ungrudging, unloath,
unrefusing, unreluctant, unresistant, unresisting, well-disposed,
well-inclined, willed, willing, willinghearted, yielding,
zealous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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