complaisance
Willingness to please
Complaisance is a willingness to please others, often by going along with their wishes or opinions.
The word suggests an agreeable, accommodating disposition—sometimes genuinely gracious, sometimes excessive or servile: Her complaisance made her popular with guests but left her exhausted.
The related adjective is complaisant, not to be confused with complacent.
Willing to help others
- amenableWilling to comply
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- agreeablePleasantly cooperative
- helpfulGiving useful aid
flexible · adaptable · considerate · responsive · supportive · conciliatory · lenient · tolerant
Showing humble submission
- yieldingBending under pressure
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
- docileEasily controlled or taught
meek · subservient · pliant · biddable · dutiful · unassertive · passive · mild
obliging
Willing to help others
- amenableWilling to comply
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- agreeablePleasantly cooperative
helpful · flexible · adaptable · considerate · responsive · supportive · conciliatory · lenient · tolerant · facilitative
deferential
Showing humble submission
- yieldingBending under pressure
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
docile · meek · subservient · pliant · biddable · dutiful · unassertive · passive · mild · obsequious
amiable
Good-natured and likable
friendly · warmhearted · sociable · gracious · courteous · polite · charming · congenial · approachable · likeable
- courtesycivility, decorum, etiquette, good manners, manners
complaisanceobstinacy
Unyielding adherence to position
stubbornness · intractability · recalcitrance · obduracy · inflexibility
complaisancesurliness
Ill-tempered rudeness
disagreeableness · ungraciousness · churlishness · sullenness · ill-humor
complaisanceassertiveness
Confident self-expression quality
self-assertion · independence · discontent · dissatisfaction · rebelliousness