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- [ri-zil-yuh nt, -zil-ee-uh nt]
- /rɪˈzɪl yənt, -ˈzɪl i ənt/
- /rɪˈzɪl.i.ənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-zil-yuh nt, -zil-ee-uh nt]
- /rɪˈzɪl yənt, -ˈzɪl i ənt/
Definitions of resilient word
- adjective resilient springing back; rebounding. 1
- adjective resilient returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched. 1
- adjective resilient recovering readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyant. 1
- adjective resilient person: attitude 1
- adjective resilient material 1
- adjective resilient Something that is resilient is strong and not easily damaged by being hit, stretched, or squeezed. 0
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Origin of resilient
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; < Latin resilient- (stem of resiliēns), present participle of resilīre to spring back, equivalent to re- re- + -sil-, combining form of salīre to leap, jump + -ent- -ent); see salient
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Parts of speech for Resilient
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
resilient popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
resilient usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for resilient
adj resilient
- adaptable — If you describe a person or animal as adaptable, you mean that they are able to change their ideas or behaviour in order to deal with new situations.
- airy — If a building or room is airy, it has a lot of fresh air inside, usually because it is large.
- bendable — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- buoyant — If you are in a buoyant mood, you feel cheerful and behave in a lively way.
- can do — marked by purposefulness and efficiency: a can-do executive.
adjective resilient
- durable — able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring.
- elastic — (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
- hardy — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- yielding — inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.
Antonyms for resilient
adj resilient
- brittle — An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken.
- hard and fast — strongly binding; not to be set aside or violated: hard-and-fast rules.
- inflexible — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
adjective resilient
- immalleable — (archaic) Not malleable.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- nonflexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
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