resilient

See also: résilient

English

Etymology

From Middle English resilient, from Old French resilient, from Latin resiliēns, present active participle of resiliō (“I leap or spring back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/

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Adjective

resilient (comparative more resilient, superlative most resilient)

1. (of objects or substances) Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic.
   1. (materials science) Having the ability to absorb energy when deformed.
2. (of systems, organisms or people) Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions.
   • 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.

   1. (psychology, neuroscience) Having the ability to recover from mental illness, trauma, etc.; having resilience.

Synonyms

• bendable
• flexible
• strong

Antonyms

• brittle
• fragile

Derived terms

• resilience

Related terms

• resile
• resilience
• result

Translations

able to withstand force without cracking; elastic

• Arabic: مرن‎
• Armenian: ճկուն (hy) (čkun), առաձգական (hy) (aṙajgakan) (of material)
• Bulgarian: гъвкав (bg) (gǎvkav), еластичен (bg) (elastičen)
• Catalan: elàstic, resistent
• Dutch: veerkrachtig (nl), flexibel (nl)
• Esperanto: fortika
• Finnish: joustava (fi) (flexible), sitkeä (fi) (tough), tukeva (fi) (strong)
• French: flexible (fr) m or f, résistant (fr) m, résilient (fr)
• Georgian: დრეკადი (dreḳadi)
• German: elastisch (de), federnd (de), spannkräftig, unverwüstlich, belastbar (de), resilient (de)
• Greek: ελαστικός (el) m (elastikós), εύκαμπτος (el) m (éfkamptos), ανθεκτικός (el) m (anthektikós)
• Hungarian: rugalmas (hu), ellenálló (hu)
• Italian: elastico (it), flessibile (it), resiliente (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: រឹងឆ្កឺត (rɨŋ ckəət), ស្ថិរ (km) (stʰe’ra’), ថិរៈ (tʰeerea’), ថាវរៈ (km) (tʰaavea’rea’), មាំទាំ (moam toam)
• Maori: manawaroa
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: کشکېدونکی‎ (kaškedunkay), غزېدونکی‎ (ǧazedunkay), څکېدونکی‎ (śkedunkay)
• Polish: elastyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: resiliente (pt), elástico (pt)
• Quechua: anku
• Russian: ги́бкий (ru) (gíbkij) (also of a person), эласти́чный (ru) (elastíčnyj) (of material), упру́гий (ru) (uprúgij)
• Slovak: odolný m, pružný m, húževnatý m
• Spanish: tenaz (es), resistente (es), resiliente
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: dirençli (tr), elastik (tr), esnek (tr), sağlam (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions; psychologically or structurally tough

• Danish: modstandsdygtig
• Dutch: weerbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: rezistema
• French: résilient (fr)
• German: widerstandsfähig (de)
• Hungarian: ellenállóképes (hu), ellenálló (hu)
• Italian: resiliente (it)
• Malay: daya bingkas(Singapore)
• Romanian: rezilient
• Swedish: motståndskraftig (sv)

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Verb

resilient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of resiliō