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Antonyms for compliant
kəmˈplaɪ əntcom·pli·ant

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. compliant

    One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.

    Antonyms:
    determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful

    Synonyms:
    amenable, docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, tame, teachable, tractable, yielding

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. compliantadjective

    disposed or willing to comply

    "children compliant with the parental will"

    Antonyms:
    resistant, obstreperous, resistive, recalcitrant, insubordinate, defiant, noncompliant

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  1. compliantadjective

    Synonyms:
    yielding, obedient, tractable, submissive, flexible

How to use compliant in a sentence?

  1. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis:

    I think most folks understand that they need to do this, and I think most folks are going to be compliant, but there is teeth in this to be able to hold someone accountable if they don't.

  2. Mark Mallory:

    Although the officer may have suspected that Ms. Dawson was intentionally non-compliant, he nonetheless fully executed his duty and responsibility, requesting that medical professionals continue to verify Ms. Dawson's health status.

  3. Judge Amanda Woodcock:

    They made Erwiana Sulistyaningsih compliant and more subservient.

  4. Dan Tench:

    Even if we were to leave the EU entirely, if we were to secure safe harbor designation from the EU, which would seem essential, one imagines that we would have to be more or less compliant with the (EU) regulation.

  5. Commerce Ministry:

    There have been recent media reports that the Government of India has privately assured that it will not issue any more compulsory licenses. It is hereby clarified that such reports are factually incorrect, in this regard, it may be noted that India has a well-established TRIPS compliant legislative, administrative and judicial framework to safeguard IPRs (intellectual property rights). Under the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement Public Health, each member has the right to grant compulsory licenses and the freedom to determine the grounds upon which such licenses are granted.

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#61099wilful
#66176obstinate
#70249recalcitrant
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#107961noncompliant
#179637insubordinate
#265646obstreperous

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