Word Meanings - ACQUIESCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with

Additional info about word: ACQUIESCE

1. To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just. De Quincey. 2. To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition. Syn. -- To submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent; accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ACQUIESCE)

• Accede
• Assent
• consent
• acquiesce
• comply with
• accept
• concur
• approve
• coincide
• Agree
• Suit
• tally
• accord
• fit
• harmonize
• combine
• assent
• admit
• conform
• consort
• comport
• Concur
• Approve
• meet
• converge
• concentrate
• agree
• Consent
• Submit
• Repose Lie
• recline
• couch rest
• settle
• abide
• stay
• lodge
• lace
• deposit

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ACQUIESCE)

• Avoid
• abandon
• excommunicate
• blackball
• banish
• exclude

Related words: (words related to ACQUIESCE)

• ACCEPTABLE
  Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
• ADMITTER
  One who admits.
• DEPOSITOR
  One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• COUCHE
  Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon. Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.
• CONSENTANEOUS
  Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.
• CONSORTSHIP
  The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond.
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• ACCEPT
  To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. Bouvier. 6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; bill , to agree to pay it when due. -- To accept service , to agree that a writ or
• COMPLY
  are of different origin: cf. It. complire to compliment, finish, 1. To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply, Scandalous or
• CONSORT
  A ship keeping company with another. 3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union. "By Heaven's consort." Fuller. "Working in consort." Hare. Take it singly, and is carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest,
• TALLYHO
  1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds. 2. A tallyho coach. Tallyho coach, a pleasure coach. See under Coach.
• CONFORMABLE
  1. Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; --usually followed by to. The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character. Addison.
• CONCURRENCE
  1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke. 2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion;
• ASSENTER
  One who assents.
• ABIDER
  1. One who abides, or continues. "Speedy goers and strong abiders." Sidney. 2. One who dwells; a resident. Speed.
• ACCEPTOR
  One who accepts; specifically ,
• ACCORDANCY
  Accordance. Paley.
• SETTLEMENT
  A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
• ACCORDANTLY
  In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.
• ACCIDENTALLY
  In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
• MALCONFORMATION
  Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.
• DISAGREEABLENESS
  The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
• ACCOUCHEMENT
  Delivery in childbed (more info) of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare to lay, put, place. See
• PRECONSENT
  A previous consent.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• ALIMENTALLY
  So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.
• INCONFORMITY
  Want of conformity; nonconformity.