What does resilient mean?
Word: Resilient
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Resilient means able to recover quickly after something hard or bad happens. It also describes things that spring back into shape after being bent.
Synonyms: tough, hardy, strong
Antonyms: weak
How do you spell resilient?
Syllables: re - sil - i - ent
Tricky part: The ending is ent, not ant. Resiliant is the mistake teachers see most often.
Watch out for: resiliant, resilent
Memory tip: Resilient people stay patient after a setback, and patient ends the same way, in ent.
Resilient in a sentence
Example 1: The resilient farmer planted his fields again after the flood.
Example 2: Neem trees are resilient and survive long dry summers.
Example 3: Even after losing the first match, our resilient team won the cup.
Fun Fact
Resilient comes from a Latin verb meaning to leap or spring back. In English it was first used of things that bounce back into shape, and only later of people who recover from hard times.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word resilient as used in the sentence:
Even with a sprained ankle, the resilient runner finished the school marathon.
a) energetic
b) flexible
c) fragile
d) sturdy
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c) fragile. A fragile thing breaks or gives up easily, which is the opposite of a runner who keeps going.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
resillient
a) e
b) l
c) s
d) i
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b) l. Take away one of the two l's and the word is right; nothing else gives a real word.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly and one is misspelt. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word:
1. ambitious 2. rezilient 3. modest 4. punctual
a) not boasting about yourself
b) able to recover quickly from difficulties
c) wanting very much to succeed
d) arriving at the right time
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b) able to recover quickly from difficulties. The z sound in the middle of resilient is spelt with an s, so word 2 is the misspelt one.
Mingle-Mangle
Rearrange the jumbled letters in the sentence to find the right word:
Grandpa's nirestile tomato plants recovered within days of the hailstorm.
a) silent
b) reliant
c) resident
d) resilient
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d) resilient. Resident needs a d, and reliant an a; silent uses only six of the nine letters.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A resilient student who does badly in a test will most likely ____.
a) stop going to school
b) work harder and try again
c) hide the report card
d) give up studying for good
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b) work harder and try again
2. Of these objects, the most resilient is ____.
a) a glass bottle
b) a rubber ball
c) a dry biscuit
d) a paper cup
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b) a rubber ball
