Tuesday word: Resilient

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Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020

Resilient (adjective)
re·sil·ient [ri-zil-yuhnt, -zil-ee-uhnt]

adjective
1. springing back; rebounding.
2. returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched.
3. recovering readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyant.

WORDS RELATED TO RESILIENT
supple, buoyant, strong, volatile, tough, airy, effervescent, elastic, expansive, hardy, irrepressible, plastic, pliable, springy, rubbery, stretchy

OTHER WORDS FROM RESILIENT
re·sil·ient·ly, adverb
non·re·sil·i·ent, adjective
non·re·sil·i·ent·ly, adverb
un·re·sil·ient, adjective
un·re·sil·ient·ly, adverb

SYNONYMS FOR RESILIENT
SEE SYNONYMS FOR resilient ON THESAURUS.COM
1. elastic, flexible, springy.

Origin: 1635–45; < Latin resilient- (stem of resiliens ), present participle of resilire to spring back, equivalent to re- re- + -sil-, combining form of salire to leap, jump + -ent- -ent); see salient

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