Meaning

4 senses
  1. Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances)

    elastisch, federnd, spannkräftig

    ги́бкийgíbkij, эласти́чныйelastíčnyj, упру́гийuprúgij

  2. Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances)

    Having the ability to absorb energy when deformed.

  3. Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. (of systems, organisms or people)

    widerstandsfähig, resilient

    упругийuprugiy, устойчивыйustoychivy

  4. Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. (of systems, organisms or people)

    Having the ability to recover from mental illness, trauma, etc.; having resilience.

More definitions
  • recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  • elastic; rebounds readily

Examples

24 sentences
  1. Tom is quite resilient.

    ruТом довольно выносливый.

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  2. Tom is resilient, isn't he?

    deTom ist unverwüstlich, nicht wahr?

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  3. Tom is very resilient and can always manage to smile, no matter what's going on in his life.

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  4. Tom is resilient.

    ruТом несгибаемый.

    deTom ist belastbar.

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  5. I'm pretty resilient.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
able to withstand force without cracking; elastic:
returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions; psychologically or structurally tough:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
able to withstand force without cracking; elastic:

Origin

From Latin resiliēns, resilientem (“rebounding”, present active participle of resiliō) (wh

From Latin resiliēns, resilientem (“rebounding”, present active participle of resiliō) (whence -ent), from saliō (“leap, jump”).

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Forms

more resilient, most resilient
Comparativemore resilient Lesson
Superlativemost resilient Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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