Associations to the word «Resilient»

Wiktionary

RESILIENT, adjective. Able to endure tribulation without cracking.

Dictionary definition

RESILIENT, adjective. Recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like.
RESILIENT, adjective. Elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats