adj

resilient

rih-ZIHL-yuhnt

adj

Able to recover quickly from difficulty, damage, or hardship.

"Children are often remarkably resilient after a big change."

"The local economy proved resilient during the downturn."

Springing back into shape after being bent, stretched, or compressed.

"The material is resilient enough to survive repeated impacts."

How to Use Resilient

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAble to bounce back — whether that's a person after hardship or a material after being deformed.

Common pairings

a resilient economy emotionally resilient resilient materials

more resilient comparative, most resilient superlative

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Children are often remarkably _____ after a big change.

Borrowed from Latin resiliens, "rebounding", present participle of resilio.

bendable flexible strong

brittle fragile

hard light stiff loud strong weak powerful variable

orient ancient patient salient ambient lenient obedient nutrient gradient sentient impatient transient

bendable flexible strong brittle fragile hard light stiff loud weak powerful variable