ADJECTIVE | all | complaisant, obliging | showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others |
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Sounds | kahmpley'sahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others. | |
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Example | "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover" | |
Synonym | obliging | |
Broader | accommodating, accommodative | helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation |
Spanish | atento, complaciente, servicial, solícito | |
Catalan | atent, complaent, servicial, sol·lícit | |
Nouns | complaisance | a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others |
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