assentient

9.9

Showing that a person agrees or approves

adjective
/əˈsɛnʃənt/

Formal

: 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

consenting

vsassentient

25 3.9

People who have given permission after thinking about it

is a leaning to approve rather than a completed permission act

agreeable

vsassentient

20 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

1 4.5

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

is a general tendency to agree rather than a momentary act

Antonyms

dissentient

Formal

1 9.8

Disagreeing with the majority or with official opinion

How Agreeing

enthusiastic

167 2.7

assentient

Formal

9.9

supportive

335 2.8

neutral

198 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.