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Definitions: Resilient |
ResilientAdjective1. Recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like. 2. Rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "resilient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
Etymology: Resilient \Re*sil"i*ent\ (-ent), adjective. [Latin expression resiliens, present participle.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mechanical Engineering | Floors (vinyl, asphalt, rubber). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ResilientSynonyms: bouncy (adj), live (adj), lively (adj), springy (adj), whippy (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Elasticity | Adjective: elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant; ductile, stretchable, extendable. |
Regression | Adjective: receding; Verb: retrograde, retrogressive; regressive, refluent, reflex, recidivous, resilient; crab-like; balky; reactionary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Resilient |
| English words defined with "resilient": bow ♦ cushioning ♦ Damascus steel, Damask steel ♦ hardened ♦ Irresilient ♦ mattress ♦ nonresilient, nylon ♦ padding, polyester fiber ♦ Styrofoam ♦ tempered, toughened, treated. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "resilient": Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ♦ eye-lens ♦ Lehmann process, lens of the eye ♦ natural frequency vibrating conveyor ♦ resilient couplings ♦ shock isolator ♦ tight rock, trampolin ♦ UUNET PIPEX ♦ vibration isolator. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'm very resilient. (Heist; writing credit: David Mamet) | |
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 | Effervescent; airy; boiling; bouncy; bubbling; bubbly; carbonated; elastic; expansive; fermenting; fizzy; foaming; foamy; frothing; frothy; resilient; sparkling; volatile; fizzing; fizz. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Malaysia | In March 2001, the Central Bank unveiled the Financial Sector Master Plan for developing a more competitive and resilient financial system. (references) |
Senegal | The country's generally tolerant culture, largely free from ethnic or religious tensions, has provided a resilient base for democratic politics. (references) | |
Canada | In sum, Quebec has a vibrant and resilient economy that is attractive to American exporters and investors alike, numerous opportunities in both traditional and high-tech sectors, and a positive attitude toward freer trade throughout the Americas, especially with its number one trading partner, the United States. (references) | |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | Banking: In March 2001, the Central Bank unveiled its 10-year Financial Sector Master Plan for developing a more competitive and resilient financial system. (references) |
UNITED KINGDOM | The service sector has proven more resilient than manufacturing, which makes up 20 percent of GDP. It is believed that the service sector will account for most of GDP growth in 2001 as manufacturing is close to technical recession. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Nevertheless, the economy has proved to be remarkably resilient. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Well, the American economy is the strongest and most resilient economy in the world. |
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| "Resilient" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Resilient" is used about 215 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% | 215 | 20,643 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "resilient": be resilient. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "resilient": resilient-looking. | |
Ending with "resilient": fault-resilient. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "resilient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që e merr veten shpejt, elastik (elastic, flexible, limber, non-rigid, pliable, pliant, springy, tensile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مرن (ductile, elastic, field, flexible, limber, lissom, lissome, lithesome, malleable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, yielding), لين (clemency, ductile, elastic, flabbiness, flabby, flaccid, flaccidity, flexible, gentleness, lax, laxity, lenience, leniency, limp, limpness, loose, make flexible, make soft, make tender, malleable, manageable, mellow, mildness, moderate, plastic, plasticize, pliable, pliant, soft, soften, supple, temper, tender, yielding), رجوع (recession, recurrence, renaissance, retreat, returning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гъвкав (elastic, facile, flexible, light-heeled, lightsome, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, plastic, pliable, pliant, sinuous, snaky, soft, supple, svelte, tractable, versatile, willowy), жилав (leathery, lithe, nervy, rubbery, sinewy, stringy, tough, wiry), еластичен (distensible, ductile, elastic, pliable, rubbery, spongy, springy, stretch, stretchy, supple), пъргав (active, agile, alert, alive, deft, elastic, lissom, lithesome, lively, nifty, nimble, nippy, pretty, prompt, quick, ready, sinuous, smart, snappy, spring, spry, versatile, volatile, wanton, warm, whippy, zippy), подвижен (adjustable, adjusting, agile, airy, ambulatory, detachable, drop, flexible, floating, light, limber, lissome, lithe, live, lively, mobile, movable, moveable, moving, nimble, nippy, ready, removable, shifting, sliding, traveling, travelling, versatile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 韧性 (resilience, toughness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pružný (elastic, flexible, lissome, lithe, lithesome, pliable, rubbery, springy, supple, yielding), pevný (adamant, compact, concrete, consistent, deep-seated, durable, energetic, fast, firm, fixed, good, hard set, hardwearing, heavy duty, immovable, ingrained, meaty, proof, resolute, secure, solid, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, unmoved, unswerving, unyielding, valid), přizpùsobivý (adaptable, flexible), odolný (durable, immune, resistant, tough), houževnatý (dogged, persistent, stiff, strenuous, tenacious, tough, wiry), elastický (elastic, flexible, yielding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | elastisk (elastic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | rekbaar (ductile, elastic), verend, veerkrachtig (elastic), elastisch (elastic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kimmoinen (elastic, springy), joustava (ductile, elastic, flexible, springly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | résilient, élastique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Federnd (bouncy, buoyant, elastic, springily, springy, sprung), Elastisch (bouncy, buoyant, elastic, elastical, elastically, elasticly, flexible, resiliently, shirred, springily, springy, stretchy, supple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εύθυμοσ (blithe, chirpy, convivial, debonair, festive, frabjous, gay, happy go lucky, hilarious, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, light hearted, merry, mirthful, sprightly, zippy), επανατακτικόσ, ελαστικόσ (elastic, rubberry, springy), ελαστικός (elastic, lax, malleable), ελαφρόσ (buoyant, feathery, flippant, frivolous, gentle, light, lightsome, skin deep, slight, yeasty), ανθεκτικόσ (durable, resistant, tough), διαλλακτικόσ (conciliatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתאושש מ"ר. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rugalmas (corky, elastic, flexible, limber, pliant, springy, stiff, whippy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | endal (cram, elastic, springy, stuff), bingkas (elasticity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rimbalzante, ricuperabile, resiliente, elastico (buoyant, elastic, rubber band, springy, stretchy, supple, whippy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 탄 있". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aalhiemmagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esilientray resiliente, elástico (distension, elastic, elastic fabric, pliable, pliant, rubber band, springy, supple). (various references) rezilient, plin de viaţã (high-spirited, jocund, live, lively, peppy, perky), optimist (bright, buoyant, elastic, hopeful, optimist, optimistic, sanguine), elastic (buoyant, ductile, elastic, elastically, extensible, flexibile, rebounding, springy, supple, tensile, yielding). (various references) упругий (elastic, spring, springy, tough, whippy, yielding). (various references) elastičan (elastic, flexible, springy). (various references) elástico (elastic, lithe, rubbery, springy, stretchy). (various references) elastisk (distensible, elastic, non-rigid, springy, stretchy). (various references) kendini çabuk toparlayan, esnek (elastic, flexible, flexile, limber, limp, lithe, loose-jointed, nonrigid, non-rigid, pliable, pliant, responsive, spring, springy, sprung, supple), elastik (elastic, flexible, responsive, supple), çabuk iyileşen. (various references) житт"радісний (blithe, buoyant, canty, chirpy, exuberant, jocund), еластичний (elastic, flexible, non-rigid, rubbery, springy, stretchy), пружній. (various references) bật nảy; co giân, đ n h"i sôi nổi; không hay chán nản. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "resilient": resiliently. (additional references) | |
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"Resilient" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Remilien, resilent, resiliant, resiliebt, resiliet, resililent, resilin, resilisent, resilite, resillent, resillient, resliant, retilent, Rossillion, Tresillian, Tressilian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "resilient" (pronounced ruzi"lyunt) |
| 6 | -i" l y u n t | brilliant. |
| 5 | -l y u n t | ebullient, valiant. |
| 4 | -y u n t | convenient, inconvenient, poignant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, 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, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, 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, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, efferent, effervescent, 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, evanescent, 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, fluorescent, 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, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, 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, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, 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, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, 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, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, 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 "e-e-i-i-l-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: enlister, lenities, listener, niteries, nitriles, reenlist, silenter. | |
-2 letters: entires, entries, inliers, leister, liernes, liniest, linters, lintier, lisente, nestler, niterie, nitrile, nitrils, relents, relines, retiles, retines, setline, sienite, siltier, sterile, tensile, trienes. | |
-3 letters: elints, elites, enisle, enlist, ensile, enters, entire, estrin, inerts, inlets, inlier, insert, instil, inters, lierne, liners, linier, linter, listee, listen, lister. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-i-l-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: interfiles, interlines, leistering, libertines, lienteries. | |
+2 letters: centiliters, friendliest, interliners, internalise, linearities, princeliest, reenlisting, residential, resiliently, timberlines, unrealities. | |
+3 letters: centralities, derelictions, electricians, generalities, imperilments, indiscreetly, interleukins, interlinears, intermingles, internalised, internalises, internalizes, intersterile, intervisible, iridescently, lectionaries, lentiviruses, libertinages, listenership, literariness, minstrelsies, neorealistic, neutralities, orientalizes, prehensility, presidential, priestliness, unsterilized, vespertilian. | |
+4 letters: acetonitriles, antiliterates, antislaveries, ceremonialist, colinearities, coresidential, credentialism, deliberations, differentials, directionless, enterocolitis, externalising, externalities, gristlinesses, inclinometers, incredulities, infertilities, integralities, interestingly, interinvolves, internalities, intersocietal, intertillages, irritableness, isoelectronic, listenerships, painterliness, personalities, predilections, pretelevision, reminiscently, rentabilities, residentially, revolutionise, terminologies, tredecillions, underutilizes, unfriendliest, ventriloquies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 69 6C 69 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... .. .-.. .. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01101100 01101001 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s i l i e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 0069 006C 0069 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527185757875718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Sounds 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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