complaisant

Meaning

1. Compliant.
2. Willing to do what pleases others; obliging; agreeable.
3. (archaic) Polite; showing respect.

Synonyms

obliging

accommodating

compliant

kindly

kind

courteous

civil

benevolent

friendly

willing

amiable

affable

complacent

pleasing

gracious

benign

agreeable

amenable

gentle

good natured

good-natured

gratifying

helpful

incumbent

malleable

mannerly

mild

neighborly

neighbourly

obligational

obligatory

officious

pleasant

pliable

pliant

polite

prompt

ready

soft

timid

unresisting

urbane

well-intentioned

yare

mild-mannered

toad-eating

easy to please

accessible

nonprotesting

accommodative

Translations

gefällig

tegemoetkomend

entgegenkommend

accondiscendente

compiacente

condiscendente

complaisant

obligeant

welwillend

vriendelijk

deferente

passend

voorkomend

affable

freundlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəmˈpleɪsənt/

Etymology

From French complaisant (“willing to please”), from complaire, from Latin complacēre (“please well”), from com- (“with”) + placeō (“please”).