resilient

/rɪˈzɪl.i.ənt/

able to recover quickly from difficulties

Despite the economic downturn, the company remained resilient and adapted to new market conditions.

The company showed the ability to recover and adjust despite financial challenges.

general

Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions, tough situations, or adversity.

Children who grow up in challenging environments can develop resilient personalities.

Exposure to hardship can help children build the ability to bounce back from setbacks.

The resilient infrastructure withstood the hurricane without major damage.

The strong design of the infrastructure allowed it to endure extreme weather.

Often used to describe people, systems, or structures that adapt well to stress or change.

Collocations

resilient toable to withstand or adapt tobuild resiliencedevelop the ability to recover from difficultiesresilient mindseta mental attitude that helps overcome challenges

to recover quickly from a setback

to endure a difficult period successfully

While both describe strength, 'resilient' emphasizes recovery, whereas 'tough' often implies enduring without breaking.

Use 'resilient' for people, systems, or materials that recover well from stress, not just those that endure.

From Latin 'resilire' (to rebound), from 're-' (back) + 'salire' (to leap). First recorded in English in the 1640s.

Commonly used in psychology, business, and engineering contexts to describe the ability to recover from adversity.

re-

back

prefix

-sil-

to leap

root

-ent

having the quality of

suffix

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