Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
"The new intern was so compliant that she followed every instruction from her supervisor without asking any questions."
In plain English: Compliant means willing to follow rules and do what someone else asks you to do without arguing.
"The new employee was very compliant and followed all the company rules without complaining."
Usage: Use compliant when describing something that willingly follows rules or instructions, such as an employee adhering to company policy. Avoid confusing it with the noun compliance, which refers to the act of obeying rather than the state of being obedient.
This word comes from combining comply with the suffix -ant, which turns verbs into adjectives describing a state of being. It entered English to mean someone or something that is ready and willing to conform to rules or requests.