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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passive |
| Synonyms: | acquiescing, assentive, nonresistant, resigned, submissive, unresistant, yielding |
| Main Entry: | affirmative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being agreeable or assenting |
| Synonyms: | acknowledging, acquiescent, affirmatory, affirming, approving, complying, concurring, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, consenting, corroborative, endorsing, favorable, positive, ratifying, supporting |
| Antonyms: | dissenting, negative |
| Main Entry: | agreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to be in unison, assent |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, amenable, approving, complying, concurring, congenial, consenting, favorable, grateful, in accord, responsive, sympathetic, well-disposed, willing |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, incongruous, repugnant, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | amenable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing, cooperative |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, agreeable, biddable, docile, influenceable, manageable, obedient, open, persuadable, pliable, responsive, susceptible, tractable |
| Antonyms: | intractable, nonconforming, uncooperative, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | docile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compliant, submissive |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, agreeable, amenable, biddable, childlike, complacent, cool, docious, ductile, easily influenced, easy, easygoing, gentle, governable, humble, laid-back, manageable, meek, mellow, mild, obedient, obliging, orderly, pliable, pliant, quiet, resigned, soft, tame, teachable, tractable, usable, weak-kneed, well-behaved, willing, yielding |
| Antonyms: | determined, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, stubborn, uncooperative, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | flexible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adaptable, responsive |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, adjustable, amenable, biddable, complaisant, compliant, discretionary, docile, gentle, going every which way, hanging loose, like putty in hands, manageable, open, rolling with punches, tractable, variable |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, obstinate, ornery, stern, stubborn, unaccommodating, unadaptable, unresponsive, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | good-natured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easygoing, easily pleased |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, agreeable, altruistic, amiable, benevolent, bighearted, breezy, charitable, complaisant, compliant, cordial, easy, even-tempered, friendly, good-hearted, good-humored, gracious, helpful, kind, kindly, lenient, marshmallow, mild, moderate, nice, obliging, softie, tolerant, warmhearted, well-disposed, willing to please |
| Antonyms: | bad, mean |
| Main Entry: | meek |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy; compliant |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, deferential, docile, forbearing, gentle, humble, lenient, long-suffering, longanimous, lowly, manageable, mild, milquetoast, modest, nothing, orderly, pabulum, passive, patient, peaceful, plain, resigned, serene, soft, spineless, spiritless, subdued, submissive, tame, timid, tolerant, unassuming, unpretentious, unresisting, weak, weak-kneed, wishy-washy, yielding, zero* |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, emboldened, immodest, impertinent, uninhibited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-behaved; submissive |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, amenable, at one's beck and call, attentive, biddable, complaisant, compliant, controllable, deferential, devoted, docile, docious, duteous, dutiful, faithful, governable, honoring, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, law-abiding, loyal, obeisant, obliging, observant, on a string, pliant, regardful, resigned, respectful, reverential, sheeplike, subservient, tame, tractable, under control, venerating, well-trained, willing, wrapped around finger, yielding |
| Antonyms: | contrary, disobedient, insolent, misbehaving, mutinous, obstinate, rebellious |
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