willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest. (adjective): showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others. On her first day at the job, Annie was complaisant, fulfilling every request of her new employee and anticipating future requessts. \\"he went to join his apparently complaisant wife for Christmas\\" synonyms: willing, assenting, acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, cooperative, accommodating, obliging, biddable, compliant, pliant, deferential, docile, obedient, conformable, tractable