Definition of COMPLAISANT

complaisant

Adjective Satellite

  • showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
    • "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"

Adj

  • Compliant.
  • Willing to do what pleases others; obliging; agreeable.
  • Polite; showing respect.

Origin / Etymology

From French complaisant (“willing to please”), from complaire, from Latin complacēre (“please well”), from com- (“with”) + placeō (“please”).

Synonyms

obliging, amenable

Scrabble Score: 17

complaisant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
complaisant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
complaisant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

complaisant: valid Words With Friends Word