Meaning

4 senses

  1. Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led.

    1687, Dryden, first ode for St. Cecilia's Day Orpheus could lead the savage race; And trees uprooted left their place; Sequacious of the lyre...

  2. Following neatly or smoothly.

  3. Following logically or in an unvarying and orderly procession, tending in a single intellectual direction.

  4. (obsolete)Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded.

Origin

Derived from Latin sequāx (“a follower”), from sequī (“to follow”), + -acious (adjective-f

Derived from Latin sequāx (“a follower”), from sequī (“to follow”), + -acious (adjective-forming suffix).

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Forms

more sequacious, most sequacious
Comparativemore sequacious Lesson
Superlativemost sequacious Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
easily shaped:malleableC2ductileplianttractable
easily led:followingA1obedientB2subservientservileattendantcredulousunoriginal
following smoothly:flowing

Antonyms

3 antonyms
following logically:ramblingdiscursiveextensiveB2

Word family

5 related words
Derivednonsequacioussequaciouslysequaciousnesssequacityunsequacious

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
septicsepulchresequelC1sequenceB1sequential
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