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Pliant

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adjective. Easily bent or flexed; pliable. synonym: malleable.

adjective. Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable.

adjective. Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Capable of being easily bent; flexible; supple; limber; lithe: as, a pliant twig.

Easily bent or inclined to any particular course; readily influenced for good or evil; easy to be persuaded; yielding.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adjective. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable.

adjective. Favorable to pliancy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adjective. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.

adjective. Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adjective. able to adjust readily to different conditions

adjective. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

adjective. capable of being influenced or formed

adjective. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

Word Usage

"Mann congratulated himself on having articulated the notion of pliant time in an early draft of his great novel, even before Einstein expanded the theory in 1916."

Equivalent

adaptable flexible flexile formed impressible

Form

pliantness

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Bryant Giant alliant client compliant

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

boneless brittle compliant docile flaccid

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

accessible acquiescent adaptable adaptable adaptive