Synonyms for resilient
rɪˈzɪl yəntre·silient

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1. resilientadjective

   Synonyms:
   flexible, bendable, strong

   Antonyms:
   brittle, fragile

2. resilientadjective

   Able to endure tribulation without cracking.

   Synonyms:
   strong, bendable, flexible

   Antonyms:
   fragile, brittle

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1. resilientadjective

   recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

   Synonyms:
   springy, lively, bouncy, live

   Antonyms:
   inelastic, spiritless

2. bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springyadjective

   elastic; rebounds readily

   "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"

   Synonyms:
   spirited, hot, spanking, live, lively, full of life, alive(p), bouncy, snappy, vital, brisk, racy, rattling, peppy, merry, alive, unrecorded, zippy, bouncing, springy, live(a), alert

   Antonyms:
   spiritless, inelastic

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1. resilientadjective

   Synonyms:
   rebounding, recoiling, elastic, springy

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1. List of paraphrases for "resilient":

   resistant, elastic, resilience, flexible, resistive, hard-wearing, sturdy, rugged, robust, adaptable, adaptive

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1. Rebekah Hoshiko:

   Of course, Mr. Westerman will be working on forestry legislation like the Save Our Sequoias Act, the Trillion Trees Act, and the Resilient Federal Forests Act, trees remain the most complex, advanced carbon sequestration devices we have, and it’s imperative that we manage our forests well so they can thrive for generations to come.

2. Philip Taylor:

   So as far as what we're doing about it, well, we're just sort of worrying, it may be that we just go away from growing apples. Certainly, we will consider which varieties we might plant going forward. Some would be more resilient in these temperatures than some of the traditional English ones that we grow now.

3. Principal Britt Smith:

   You can't make sense of it, but what you do is you take the situation, and what we have to make certain that our kids know is that we must be resilient, resiliency is important, and it's an important life message that we all have to learn. ... But at this point, there's really no making sense. It's just how do we get together, how do we recover ?

4. Makhtar Diop:

   While adapting to climate change and mobilising the necessary resources remain an enormous challenge, the plan represents a critical opportunity to support a priority set of climate-resilient initiatives in Africa.

5. Betsey Stevenson:

   Kids are resilient and they learn something, so the question is going to be what each kid learned. That's going to be very different.