resilient

English

Adjective

resilient (comparative more resilient, superlative most resilient)

1. Able to endure tribulation without cracking.
   • 1994, Michael Grumley, The Last Diary:

     He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.

Derived terms

• resilience

Synonyms

• bendable
• flexible
• strong

Antonyms

• brittle
• fragile

Translations

able to weather tribulation without cracking

• Arabic: مرن (ar)
• Bulgarian: издръжлив (bg) (izdrǎžliv)
• Dutch: veerkrachtig (nl), flexibel (nl)
• Finnish: joustava (fi) (flexible), sitkeä (fi) (tough), tukeva (fi) (strong)
• French: flexible (fr) m and f, résistant (fr) m
• Georgian: დრეკადი (ka) (drekadi)
• German: elastisch (de), federnd (de), spannkräftig (de), unverwüstlich (de)
• Hungarian: rugalmas (hu)

• Italian: elastico (it), flessibile (it)
• Pashto: کشکېدونکی (ps) (kaškedunkay), غزېدونکی (ps) (ǧazedunkay), څکېدونکی (ps) (śkedunkay)
• Polish: elastyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: resiliente (pt), elástico (pt)
• Russian:гибкий (ru) (gíbkij) (also of a person), эластичный (ru) (elastíčnyj) (of material), упругий (ru) (uprúgij)
• Spanish: tenaz (es) m and f, resistente (es) m and f
• Turkish: dirençli (tr), elastik (tr), esnek (tr), sağlam (tr)

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Latin

Verb

resilient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of resiliō