pliable English

Meaning pliable meaning

What does pliable mean?

pliable

— adjective (= fictile) susceptible to being led or directed fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda

— adjective (= pliant) capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking a flexible wire a pliant young tree

— adjective (= ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out ductile copper malleable metals such as gold they soaked the leather to made it pliable pliant molten glass made of highly tensile steel alloy

— adjective (= elastic, flexible) able to adjust readily to different conditions an adaptable person a flexible personality an elastic clause in a contract

Synonyms pliable synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as pliable?

pliable English » English

flexible

pliant

soft

elastic

malleable

bendable

yielding

supple

plastic

limber

ductile

compliant

weak

waxy

docile

whippy

tractile

tractable

tensile

moldable

lithe

fictile

withy

weak kneed

waxen

wavy

tinfoil hat

tinfoil

tender

submissive

soft-hearted

relaxed

recessive

obedient

nonresistant

manipulable

loose

lithesome

lissome

lissom

kind

foldable

foil

flexile

extensile

conformable

concessive

complaisant

biddable

aluminum foil

Topics pliable topics

What do people use pliable to talk about?

States Quality Shape

Bend

• What words describe something that can be bent?
  bendable flexible flexibility jointed pliable plastic supple

States Quality Made of, material

Stiff, flexible

• What words describe something that is easy to bend?
  flexible flexibility flimsy pliable bendable weak