Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/æˈkwi.ɛsn̩t/ · adjective
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.
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...
an acquiescent policy
Use acquiescent when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Acquiescent means Willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance..
Common synonyms include complicit, assenting, agreeable, acquiescent.
Possible antonyms include inacquiescent, unagreeable, unconsenting, unwilling.
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.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.