/ Dictionary / Index C compliant: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: com•pli•ant Pronunciation: (kum-plī'unt), [key] — adj. complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, esp. in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature. manufactured or produced in accordance with a specified body of rules (usu. used in combination): Energy Star-compliant computers. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: compliant (Thesaurus) compliancy complicacy Related Content Daily Word Quiz: eureka Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language