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Definition: Complaisant |
ComplaisantAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "complaisant" was first used: 1647. (references) |
Etymology: Complaisant \Com"plai*sant\, adjective. [French expression complaisant, present participle of complaire to acquiesce as favor, from the Latin expression complacere. See Complacent.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ComplaisantSynonym: obliging (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Benevolence | Good-natured, well-natured; spleenless; sympathizing, sympathetic; complaisant; (courteous); well-meant, well-intentioned. |
Courtesy | Fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; honey-mouthed, honey-tongued; oily, bland; obliging, conciliatory, complaisant, complacent; obsequious. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Complaisant |
| English words defined with "complaisant": Bonair ♦ obliging ♦ To sing placebo. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "complaisant": Pride's Purge. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "complaisant": Immunity. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Complaisant" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (complaisant, easygoing, facile, kind, obliging, tame, yielding). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The behavior of the young colt and foal appeared very modest, and that of the master and mistress extremely cheerful and complaisant to their guest. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Complaisant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Complaisant" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "complaisant". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Thirza | N/A | N/A | Complaisant |
| Thyrza | N/A | N/A | Complaisant |
| Tirzah | N/A | Biblical | Complaisant |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Language | Translations for "complaisant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i sjellshëm (amiable, bland, courteous, courtly, delicate, discreet, fair-spoken, gallant, genteel, good, kind, kindly, mannerly, nice, polite, suave, well bred, well mannered, well-behaved), i gjindshëm (accommodating, helpful, officious, willing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كياسة (civility, comity, complaisance, courtesy, delicacy, elegance, grace, politeness, refinement, urbanity), لين جانب (complaisance), لطيف (affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, charming, civil, civilized, complaisance, courteous, courtly, decent, delicate, fair, fair-spoken, fine, friendly, genial, gentle, good natured, gracious, handsome, kind, kindly, light, mild, nice, pet, pleasant, polite, poppet, pretty, refreshing, smooth, soft, suave, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | услужлив (accommodating, compliant, helpful, obliging, serviceable), отстъпчив (compliant, concessive, conciliatory, conformable, easygoing, facile, indulgent, malleable, pliable, yielding), любезен (accommodating, affable, agreeable, amiable, bland, courteous, debonair, fair, fair-spoken, friendly, gentle, gracious, kind, mellow, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, soft spoken, urbane, well spoken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 婉顺, 娩 (agreeable, give birth to a child). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | úslužný (accommodating, helpful, obliging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | complaisant, obligeant, aimable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gefällig (accommodating, accommodatingly, complaisantly, compliant, compliantly, favorable, favourable, graceful, gracefully, helpful, obliging, pleasant, pleasing, winsomely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρόθυμοσ (eager, forward, game, neighborly, neighbourly, officious, prompt, ready, willing), υποχρεωτικόσ (accommodating, bounden, compulsive, incumbent, obligational, obligatory, obliging), ευγενικόσ (amiable, civil, considerate, courteous, courtly, genteel, gracious, kind, mannerly, polite, urbane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ותר י (indulgent, lenient, meek, yielding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szolgálatkész (accommodating, complacent, compliant, helpful, obliging, officious, taut), szívélyes (complacent, cordial, genial, good natured, good tempered, good-tempered, gracious, hearty, obliging, open armed, to meet with a warm reception, warm, warm-hearted, well disposed, wholehearted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cortese (accommodating, affable, bland, courteous, friendly, good-natured, gracious, kind, mannerly, neighborly, neighbourly, obliging, polite, respectful, urbane, well-mannered), compiacente (accommodating, accommodatingly, compliant, easygoing, obliging, pleasant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | so-veashagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | føyelig (docile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omplaisantcay delicado (airy, attentive, chivalrous, civil, considerate, courteous, courtly, dainty, delicate, exquisite, fastidious, fine, flossy, fragile, frail, gaunt, gentle, gingerly, kid-glove, kittle, lean, mannerly, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, out-and-out, pernickety, polite, refined, scabrous, sensitive, sensory, sleazy, slender, slight, sophisticated, tactful, tender, thin, ticklish, urbane, well-made), amável (accommodating, affable, amiable, attentive, complimentary, courteous, fond, friendly, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-humoured, good-natured, kind, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, nice, obsequious, pleasing, sociable, sporty, sweet, well-natured). (various references) complezent (amiable, compliant), politicos (attentive, civil, complimentary, considerate, courteous, fair, genteel, gentlemanlike, mannerly, parliamentary, polite, politely, respectful, well bred), atent (advertent, alert, amiable, attentive, attentively, careful, carefully, close, closely, considerate, courteous, curious, deliberately, delicate, heedful, intent, jealous, listening, mindfully, nice, observant, observantly, painstaking, regardful, searching, tender, watchful). (various references) услужливый (obliging, pleasing, prompt). (various references) uslužan (attentive, obliging, serviceable), popustljiv (clement, compliant, concessive, deferent, easeful, indulgent, lenient, liberal, permissive, placable, sparing, weak-kneed, yielding), ljubazan (affable, amiable, amicable, benignant, debonair, kind, kind hearted, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, nice, obliging, suave). (various references) cortés (attentive, civil, courteous, courtly, debonair, gallant, genteel, gracious, mannerly, polite, suave, urbane, well bred, well mannered, well-mannered). (various references) foglig (accomodating, amenable, compliant, docile, ductile, flexible, tractable, yielding), älskvärd (affable, amiable, debonair, endearing, good humoured, good-humored, gracious, kind, winsome). (various references) nazik (affable, attentive, brittle, civil, civilized, civil-spoken, considerate, courteous, dainty, debonair, debonaire, decent, delicate, distingue, Douce, eggshell, exquisite, fair, genteel, gentle, gracious, kid glove, kind, mannerly, mild, obliging, parliamentary, polished, polite, suave, sweet-natured, tender, ticklish, tickly, touchy, trickish, tricky, urbane, well disposed), müsamahakâr (permissive, tolerant), hoşgörülü (broad, Clement, decent, forgiving, gentle, indulgent, lenient, patient, permissive, tolerant, wide open). (various references) ввічливий (affable, bland, civil, conventional, courteous, courtly, debonair, diplomatic, discreet, mannerly, polite, respectful, suave, urbane), люб'язний (accommodating, affable, amiable, attentive, courteous, dear, good, kind, nice, obliging, polite), послужливий (accommodative, complacent, obliging, officious). (various references) dễ tính hay chiều ý; tính ân cần. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | complacere. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "complaisant": complaisantly. (additional references) | |
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"Complaisant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Camplissan, Camplisson, comlaisant, complaicent, complasent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "complaisant" (pronounced kumplā"sunt) |
| 10 | k u m p l ā" s u n t | complacent. |
| 5 | -ā" s u n t | adjacent, nascent. |
| 4 | -s u n t | absent, adolescent, antidepressant, convalescent, conversant, Crescent, decent, depressant, dispersant, docent, effervescent, evanescent, fluorescent, incandescent, incessant, indecent, innocent, iridescent, lucent, luminescent, magnificent, obsolescent, preadolescent, quiescent, recent, reminiscent, reticent, suppressant, translucent, tumescent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complainant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convenient, convent, convergent, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, luxuriant, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-m-n-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: complaints, palmations, placations. | |
-2 letters: atonalism, calamints, claimants, complains, complaint, compliant, palmation, placation, plasmatic, talapoins. | |
-3 letters: alations, anatomic, aplastic, apomicts, atomical, calamint, campions, capitals, capitols, captains, captions, claimant, coalpits, complain, complins, implants, laconism, lampions, limacons, lipomata, maintops, maniocas, misplant, monastic, oilcamps, pactions, platinas, platonic, postanal, ptomains, santalic, staminal, talapoin, talisman, tampions, tapiocas. | |
-4 letters: actinal, actions. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-m-n-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: complainants. | |
+2 letters: campanologist, complaisantly, kleptomaniacs, proclamations. | |
+3 letters: amplifications, campanologists, compensational, misapplication. | |
+4 letters: compassionately, misapplications, plainclothesman. | |
+5 letters: compartmentalise, malpractitioners, microencapsulate, misanthropically, monosynaptically, phantasmagorical. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Derived from 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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