Tom put his hand over Maria’s shoulder and she gave an acquiescent smile.
Source: tatoeba (10830353)
Acquiescent
/æˈkwi.ɛsn̩t/
Synonyms for "acquiescent" (130 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Adjective(2 words)
compliantcompliant behavior
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (65)
malleablemeekmindednondissentingnonopposingnonresistantnonresistingnonresistivenothing loathobedientother directedother-directedpassivepatientpermissiveplasticpliantpredisposedpromptprone
Show 31 more words
Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entriesMore specific
5 entriesCollocations
5 entriesacquiescent attitudeacquiescent behavioracquiescent demeanoracquiescent responseacquiescent stance
Inflections
2 entriesmore acquiescentmost acquiescent
Derivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
This view is reflected in the novelist's stock portrait of the white-man-in-exile's dusky mistress; an acquiescent shadow, who comes to life only if thrown aside, when, sinister and vindictive, she is ready with the wasting poison.
Source: wiktionary
an acquiescent policy
Source: wiktionary