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Webster 1913 Edition

Resilient

Re-sil′i-ent

(-ent)

,

Adj.

[L.

resiliens

, p. pr.]

Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resilient

RESIL'IENT

,

Adj.

[L. resiliens.] Leaping or starting back; rebounding.

Definition 2024

resilient

resilient

See also: résilient

English

Adjective

resilient ‎(comparative more resilient, superlative most resilient)

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

Antonyms

Translations

able to weather tribulation without cracking

Arabic: مرن
Armenian:
Bulgarian: издръжлив (bg) ‎(izdrǎžliv)
Catalan: elàstic, resistent
Dutch: veerkrachtig (nl), flexibel (nl)
Esperanto:
Finnish: joustava (fi) (flexible), sitkeä (fi) (tough), tukeva (fi) (strong)
French: flexible (fr) m, f, résistant (fr) m
Georgian: დრეკადი ‎(dreḳadi)
German: elastisch (de), federnd (de), spannkräftig, unverwüstlich, belastbar (de)
Greek: ελαστικός (el) m ‎(elastikós), εύκαμπτος (el) m ‎(éfkamptos), ανθεκτικός (el) m ‎(anthektikós)
Hungarian: rugalmas (hu)
Italian: elastico (it), flessibile (it)
Japanese:

Khmer: រឹងឆ្កឺត ‎(rɨŋ ckəət), ស្ថិរ (km) ‎(stʰe’ra’), ថិរៈ ‎(tʰeerea’), ថាវរៈ (km) ‎(tʰaavea’rea’), មាំទាំ ‎(moam toam)
Mongolian:
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: húževnatý
Spanish: tenaz (es) m, f, resistente (es) m, f
Thai:
Turkish: dirençli (tr), elastik (tr), esnek (tr), sağlam (tr)
Vietnamese:

Latin

Verb

resilient

third-person plural future active indicative of resiliō