'Complaisant' definitions:
Definition of 'complaisant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave" [syn: complaisant, obliging]
Definition of 'Complaisant'
From: GCIDE
- Complaisant \Com"plai*sant\, a. [F. complaisant, p. pr. of complaire to acquiesce as a favor, fr. L. complacere. See Complacent.] Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman. [1913 Webster]
- There are to whom my satire seems too bold: Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough. --Pope.
- Syn: Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite; well-bred. See Obliging. -- {Com"plai*sant`ly}, adv. -- {Com"plai*sant`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'complaisant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject,
- accepting,
- accommodating,
- accommodative,
- acquiescent,
- adaptable,
- adaptive,
- adjustable,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- amiable,
- amicable,
- assenting,
- attentive,
- benevolent,
- benign,
- benignant,
- blissful,
- cheerful,
- civil,
- compatible,
- compliable,
- compliant,
- complying,
- conformable,
- congenial,
- consenting,
- considerate,
- cordial,
- courteous,
- decent,
- deferential,
- delicate,
- desirable,
- dulcet,
- easy,
- en rapport,
- enjoyable,
- fair,
- fair and pleasant,
- felicific,
- felicitous,
- fine,
- flexible,
- generous,
- genial,
- gentle,
- good,
- good-humored,
- good-natured,
- good-tempered,
- goodly,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- grateful,
- gratifying,
- harmonious,
- heart-warming,
- heedful,
- helpful,
- honeyed,
- indulgent,
- kind,
- kindly,
- lenient,
- likable,
- malleable,
- mellifluous,
- mellow,
- mellowy,
- mild,
- mindful,
- mindful of others,
- mollified,
- nice,
- nondissenting,
- nonresistant,
- nonresisting,
- nonresistive,
- nonrigid,
- obedient,
- obliging,
- other-directed,
- overindulgent,
- overpermissive,
- passive,
- permissive,
- plastic,
- pleasant,
- pleasing,
- pleasurable,
- pleasure-giving,
- pleasureful,
- pliant,
- polite,
- regardful,
- resigned,
- respectful,
- rewarding,
- satisfying,
- servile,
- soft,
- soft as putty,
- softened,
- solicitous,
- submissive,
- subservient,
- supine,
- sweet,
- tactful,
- tender,
- thoughtful,
- tolerant,
- tractable,
- unassertive,
- uncomplaining,
- unresistant,
- unresisting,
- urbane,
- welcome,
- whisper-soft