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assentient

assentient

9.9
Showing that a person agrees or approves
  • adjective
  • /əˈsɛnʃənt/
  • Formal
translation icon : asentido
  • She gave an assentient nod when the plan was proposed.

Examples

  • The committee was assentient to the proposed changes.

  • The team was largely assentient to the idea, making implementation easy.

  • His assentient response reassured the committee of his support.

  • Are you assentient about this decision?

  • Everyone in the group gave an assentient nod to the new proposal.

  • The board expressed an assentient attitude toward the new policy changes.

  • When asked if they agreed, all participants were assentient, showing strong support.

Synonyms

agreeable
vsassentient
17 3.3

Ready to say yes to an idea or request

is more about disposition to agree than immediate acceptance
affirmatory
vsassentient
1 7.4

Expressing approval or agreement

is an inclination to agree rather than a direct explicit statement
assenting
vsassentient
  • Formal
4.5

Showing agreement, often by a gesture, look, or voice

is a general tendency to agree rather than a momentary act
consenting
vsassentient
3.9

People who have given permission after thinking about it

is a leaning to approve rather than a completed permission act

Antonyms

dissentient
  • Formal
9.8

Disagreeing with the majority or with official opinion

How Agreeing

enthusiastic
175 2.7
assentient
  • Formal
9.9
supportive
348 2.8
neutral
218 3.6

Surface Forms

assentient positive

Morphology

assentient = assent (transparent) = assent + ient

Formed from the verb 'assent' with the adjective-forming suffix '-ient', giving the sense 'inclined to assent'.

Etymology

The word assentient comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and sentire 'feel', and is like the words consent and sense. So an assentient person 'feels in favor of' an idea and therefore agrees.