'acquiescent' definitions:
Definition of 'acquiescent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority" [syn: acquiescent, biddable]
Synonyms of 'acquiescent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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