
Compliant
Willing to comply with rules, requests, or authority; ready to yield to others' wishes and conform to standards.
adjectiveCompliant
Willing to comply with rules, requests, or authority; ready to yield to others' wishes and conform to standards.
adjective
Imagine This
Imagine a student in a lab who follows every safety ruleβputs on goggles, ties back hair, signs off on procedures, and answers questions exactly as instructed. The student does not resist; they are clearly compliant with the lab's rules.
Sounds Like
KOM-PLY-uhnt (sounds similar to complaint)
Looks Like
comply; compliance; complaint (visual similarity among related words)
Remember This
Compliant is to compliance what comply is to yield. The word is closely tied to following rules or authority; its root ideas involve agreement and conformity.
Other Forms
Connect With
obedience, conformity, adherence, compliance, acquiescence
Note
Use with 'compliant with' (e.g., 'compliant with safety standards'). Do not confuse with 'complaint,' which refers to a grievance or objection.
