Dictionary

compliant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈplʌɪənt/ (UK)
• /kəmˈplaɪənt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English comply Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English compliant From comply + -ant.

Meanings

1. Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
   • Tendon is compliant compared to bone.
   • The suspect was compliant when arrested.
2. Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.
   • The workplace is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
   • Station capacity in London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam remains a thorny issue, as does obtaining suitable Channel Tunnel-compliant trains. 2025 April 16, Ben Jones, “An opening for international high-speed competition”, in RAIL, number 1033, page 13:
   • The browser is standards-compliant.
3. (of a material) Deforming under pressure; yielding.

Forms

Antonyms

non-compliant · noncompliant · incompliant · contradictory · non-compliant · incompliant · noncompliant · assertive

Deriveds

compliancy · incompliant · compliantly · uncompliant

Hypernyms

standards compliant · overcompliant · hypercompliant · privacy compliant · biocompliant · semicompliant · Kinnaird compliant · buzzword compliant · Merton-compliant

Relateds

compliance

Synonyms

manageable · complaisant · morigerous · rulable · governable · obsequent · conformable · obsequious · indulgent · pliant · compliant · proportionate · controllable · compliant · tractable · in line · amenable · obedient · congruous · toward · compatible · tall · conformant · biddable · compliant · obedible · supple · pliant · bending · in line · maniable · docile · conformant · consistent · buxom · hearsome · in step · yielding · bowsome · uniform · yielding · conformable · congruent · commensurate · passive · meek

Translations (67)

es acatante (willing to comply) · tr uysal (willing to comply) · es cumplidor (willing to comply) · tr uyan (compatible with or following guidelines) · ro maleabil (willing to comply) · sk povoľný (willing to comply) · mi ngāwari (willing to comply) · ga comhlíontach (willing to comply) · sv medgörlig (willing to comply) · es atenido (willing to comply) · sk poddajný (willing to comply) · es en orden [con] (compatible with or following guidelines) · es ateniente (willing to comply) · de nachgiebig (willing to comply) · de entgegenkommend (willing to comply) · grc εὐπειθής (willing to comply) · sk poslušný (willing to comply) · bg съвместим (compatible with or following guidelines) · es conforme [a/con] (compatible with or following guidelines) · id patuh (compatible with or following guidelines) · la obnoxius (willing to comply) · ga comhlíontach (compatible with or following guidelines) · es acorde [a/con] (compatible with or following guidelines) · cmn 順從的 /顺从的 (willing to comply) · de gefällig (willing to comply) · sv förenlig (compatible with or following guidelines) · fi suostuvainen (willing to comply) · fr docile (willing to comply) · la obsequiōsus (willing to comply) · sco bowsome (willing to comply) · fi myöntyväinen (willing to comply) · id patuh (willing to comply) · ro cooperant (willing to comply) · la mōrigerus (willing to comply) · es cónsone [con] (compatible with or following guidelines) · it conforme (compatible with or following guidelines) · fr obéissant (willing to comply) · de gefügig (willing to comply) · cs vhodný (compatible with or following guidelines) · es cumpliente (willing to comply) · fi vaatimusten mukainen (compatible with or following guidelines) · es cumplidor [con] (compatible with or following guidelines) · nl medewerkend (willing to comply) · pt conforme (compatible with or following guidelines) · de fügsam (willing to comply) · bg в съгласие с (compatible with or following guidelines) · pt cooperante (willing to comply) · tr itaatkâr (willing to comply) · de die Auflagen erfüllen (compatible with or following guidelines) · es cónsono [con] (compatible with or following guidelines) · mi ngohe (willing to comply) · cmn 適應的 /适应的 (compatible with or following guidelines) · eo konforma (compatible with or following guidelines) · eo kongrua (compatible with or following guidelines) · de den Auflagen entsprechen (compatible with or following guidelines) · fr accommodant (willing to comply) · ru согласованный (compatible with or following guidelines) · nl buigzaam (willing to comply) · es cumpliente [con] (compatible with or following guidelines) · nl onderdanig (willing to comply) · ru послу́шный (willing to comply) · bg съгласуван (compatible with or following guidelines) · fr conforme (compatible with or following guidelines) · pl zgodny (compatible with or following guidelines) · fi ohjeiden mukainen (compatible with or following guidelines) · fi ei tehnyt vastarintaa (was compliant) (willing to comply) · bg отстъпчив (willing to comply)