Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compliant

/kəmˈplaɪənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: com-pli-ant
IPA: /kəmˈplaɪənt/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.

adj

Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.

adj

Deforming under pressure; yielding.

Example Sentences

"The suspect was compliant when arrested."
"Tendon is compliant compared to bone."
"The browser is standards-compliant."
"The workplace is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act."
"Station capacity in London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam remains a thorny issue, as does obtaining suitable Channel Tunnel-compliant trains."

Etymology

Etymology tree English comply Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English compliant From comply + -ant.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəmˈplaɪənt/
British English: /kəmˈplʌɪənt/

Inflected Forms

more compliant (comparative) most compliant (superlative)

Derived Forms

compliancy compliantly incompliant uncompliant

Frequently Paired Words

compliance

Synonyms

yielding bending pliant supple conformable amenable biddable complaisant compliant controllable docile governable

Antonyms

assertive incompliant non-compliant noncompliant contradictory

Rhymes With

giant client bryant reliant defiant pliant alliant supergiant wyant briant wiant affiant

Questions

How do you pronounce compliant?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˈplaɪənt/.
What does compliant mean?: Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
Where does compliant come from?: Etymology tree English comply Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English compliant From comply + -ant.

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