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RESILIENT DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found


Websters 1828 Dictionary

Resilient RESIL'IENT, a. [L. resiliens.] Leaping or starting back; rebounding.


WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

resilient adj 1: recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like 2: elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" [syn: bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy]




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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

resilient adjective Etymology: Latin resilient-, resiliens, present participle of resilire to jump back, recoil, from re- + salire to leap — more at sally Date: 1674 characterized or marked by resilience: as a. capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture b. tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change Synonyms: see elasticresiliently adverb

Oxford English Reference Dictionary

resilient
adj.
1 (of a substance etc.) recoiling; springing back; resuming its original shape after bending, stretching, compression, etc.
2 (of a person) readily recovering from shock, depression, etc.; buoyant.
Derivatives:
resilience n. resiliency n. resiliently adv.
Etymology: L resiliens resilient- (as RESILE)


Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary

resilient 1. Something that is resilient is strong and not easily damaged by being hit, stretched, or squeezed. ...an armchair of some resilient plastic material. ADJ: usu v-link ADJresilience Do your muscles have the strength and resilience that they should have? N-UNCOUNT: also a N 2. People and things that are resilient are able to recover easily and quickly from unpleasant or damaging events. When the U.S. stock market collapsed in October 1987, the Japanese stock market was the most resilient. ADJ: usu v-link ADJresilience ...the resilience of human beings to fight after they've been attacked. N-UNCOUNT: also a N

English Explanatory Dictionary

resilient rɪˈzɪlɪənt adj. 1 (of a substance etc.) recoiling; springing back; resuming its original shape after bending, stretching, compression, etc. 2 (of a person) readily recovering from shock, depression, etc.; buoyant. øøresilience n. resiliency n. resiliently adv. [L resiliens resilient- (as RESILE)]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Resilient \Re*sil"i*ent\ (-ent), a. [L. resiliens, p. pr.] Leaping back; rebounding; recoling.

Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms

resilient a. Rebounding, recoiling, elastic, springy.

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "resilient": able to adapt, adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, airy, alterable, alterative, bouncing, bouncy, bounding, breezy, buoyant, carefree, changeable, checkered, convalescent, corky, debonair, effervescent, elastic, ever-changing, expansive, extensile, flexible, flexile, fluid, free and easy, impermanent, jaunty, kaleidoscopic, light, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, malleable, many-sided, metamorphic, mobile, modifiable, movable, mutable, nonuniform, perky, permutable, plastic, protean, proteiform, rebounding, recalcitrant, recoiling, recuperative, recuperatory, repercussive, responsive, reviviscent, rubbery, springing, springy, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, supple, transient, transitory, variable, volatile, whippy


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