Pliable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Easily bent or shaped. See Synonyms at malleable.
  • adj. Receptive to change; adaptable: pliable attitudes.
  • adj. Easily influenced, persuaded, or swayed; tractable.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding.
  • adj. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Easy to be bent; readily yielding to force or pressure without rupture; flexible: as, willow is a pliable plant.
  • Flexible in disposition; easy to be bent, inclined, or persuaded; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline.
  • Synonyms Pliant, supple.
  • Compliant, yielding, tractable.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. able to adjust readily to different conditions
  • adj. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  • adj. susceptible to being led or directed
  • adj. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
  • Equivalent
    adaptable    formed    susceptible    flexible    flexile   
    Form
    pliably    pliableness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flexible    pliant    supple    limber    yielding    adaptable    manageable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pliant    supple    limber    tractable    rubbery    malleable    resilient    elastic    brittle    springy