resilient

Questions about resilient

What does resilient mean?

resilient means "recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in resilient?

resilient has 3 syllables: re-sil-ient. The stress falls on "sil". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈzɪljənt/.

What is another word for resilient?

Close synonyms include bouncy, live, lively, springy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is resilient a common word?

resilient is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.