Meaning | disposed or willing to comply. |
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Example | "children compliant with the parental will" |
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Narrower | amenable, conformable | disposed or willing to comply |
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lamblike | like a lamb in meekness / meekness and gentleness |
nonresistant | offering no resistance |
See also | manageable | capable of being managed or controlled |
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obedient | dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority |
tractable, manipulable | easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) |
willing | disposed or inclined toward |
Opposite | defiant, noncompliant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
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Spanish | obediente, sumiso |
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Nouns | compliance, compliancy | a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others |
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Verbs | comply | act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes |
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