complaisant

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəmˈpleɪsənt/ UK /kəmˈpleɪzənt/ See IPA manual

Homophones

complacent /kəmˈpleɪsənt/

Meanings

1

adj
eager to please or accommodate; obligingly agreeable

The complaisant clerk granted every request without question.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · eager to please or... obliging accommodating amiable agreeable deferential compliant amenable

Opposites

obstinate contrary disobligingunaccommodating

Word family

Derived forms complaisantly

Related forms complaisance complacentcomplacence

Etymology

From French complaisant, present participle of complaire ('to please'), from Latin complacere ('to be very pleasing'), from com- (intensive) + placere ('to please').

complaire French placere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# complaisant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈpleɪsənt/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpleɪzənt/

## Meanings
1. eager to please or accommodate; obligingly agreeable

## Examples
- The complaisant clerk granted every request without question.

## Synonyms
- obliging
- accommodating
- amiable
- agreeable
- deferential
- compliant
- amenable

## Antonyms
- obstinate
- contrary
- disobliging
- unaccommodating

## Derived Forms
- complaisantly

## Related Forms
- complaisance
- complacent
- complacence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: complaire
- Root: placere

## Etymology
From French complaisant, present participle of complaire ('to please'), from Latin complacere ('to be very pleasing'), from com- (intensive) + placere ('to please').

## AI Etymology
Complaisant is from French complaisant, present participle of complaire ('to please'), from Latin complacere ('to be very pleasing'), from com- (intensive) + placere ('to please'). Important recorded forms include complaire (French) and placere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers eager to please or accommodate; obligingly agreeable. The wider family includes derived forms such as complaisantly and related words such as complaisance, complacent, and complacence.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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