complacent

Smugly at ease

Complacent describes someone smugly satisfied with themselves or their situation, often without awareness of potential dangers or deficiencies.

A complacent attitude suggests contentment that has curdled into laziness or overconfidence: The team grew complacent after their early lead and lost the game.

Not to be confused with complaisant, which means eager to please.

smug

self-satisfied

Smugly pleased with oneself

self-assured · cocky · pleased · superior · self-important · self-admiring · uncritical · unquestioning · triumphalist · puffed-up

apathetic

unconcerned

Feeling no worry

unperturbed · blasé · insouciant · lackadaisical · passive · untroubled · unbothered · disengaged · incurious · heedless

unaware

oblivious

Lacking any awareness

  • blindLacking the sense of sight
  • ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
  • unawareLacking knowledge of something

unseeing · naïve · deluded · shortsighted · myopic · unwary · foolhardy · reckless · overoptimistic · credulous

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Opposites
satisfaction with status quo

complacentdissatisfied

Unhappy with results

discontented · discontent · restless · unsatisfied · frustrated

vigilance and attentiveness

complacentvigilant

Keenly aware of danger

alert · attentive · watchful · heedful · wary

drive and ambition

complacentambitious

Strongly desiring achievement

driven · hungry · striving · zealous · ardent

Family

complacency, complacently, complacence, complacencies

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