acquiescent
/æˈkwi.ɛsn̩t/
acquiescent adjective: willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance.
Adjective
acquiescent (comparative more acquiescent, superlative most acquiescent)
- Willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance.
- 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.1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth
- The third role, acquiescent was mostly identified in the interviews when students highlighted their willingness to accept suggested placements [...] and stressed that they could adapt to given conditions...2025, Robert Walldén, Åsa Wedin, “Oral interaction patterns in work-related activities in teaching and interviews for language practice placements: L2 teaching for adults in Sweden,”, in Classroom...
- Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit.
- an acquiescent policy
acquiescent meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
acquiescent in Tamil
- தங்குதடையின்றி இணங்குபவர், எதிர்ப்பேச்சின்றி இசையும் இயல்புடைய
acquiescent in Malayalam
- സമ്മതിക്കുന്ന, എതിർപ്പില്ലാതെ സമ്മതിക്കുന്ന, വഴങ്ങുന്ന, മൗനാനുവാദമുള്ള, സമ്മതിക്കുക, എതിർവശം പുറപ്പെടുവിക്കാതിരിക്കുക
Synonyms of acquiescent
Antonyms
Forms of acquiescent
| comparative | more acquiescent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most acquiescent |
Origin of acquiescent
From Latin acquiescens (present participle of acquiēscō).
Words formed from acquiescent
Words that rhyme with acquiescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
- convalescent
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- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
- detumescent
Questions about acquiescent
- What does acquiescent mean?
- Acquiescent means willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance.
- What is acquiescent in Tamil?
- Acquiescent in Tamil is தங்குதடையின்றி இணங்குபவர், எதிர்ப்பேச்சின்றி இசையும் இயல்புடைய. See Acquiescent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is acquiescent?
- Acquiescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce acquiescent?
- Acquiescent is pronounced /æˈkwi.ɛsn̩t/ (UK).
Words near acquiescent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: acquiescent (page history and authors); acquiescent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acquiescent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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