Meaning & use

transigent

adjective·Advanced

Rare: willing to make concessions or come to an agreement; conciliatory.

See it in a sentence

A more transigent negotiator might have reached a deal within the first week.

His transigent attitude in later talks contrasted sharply with his earlier stubbornness.

A note on using this word

This word is rare; people usually mean the far more common "intransigent," which has the opposite meaning: refusing to compromise.

Words with a similar meaning

conciliatoryaccommodating

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

intransigentstubborn

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