pliable

pli·a·ble  (pl-bl)

adj.

1. Easily bent or shaped. See Synonyms at malleable.

2. Receptive to change; adaptable: pliable attitudes.

3. Easily influenced, persuaded, or swayed; tractable.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from plier, to bend; see pliant.]

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plia·bili·ty, plia·ble·ness n.

plia·bly adv.

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pliable

Adjective

1. easily bent: pliable branches

2. easily influenced: his easy and pliable nature

pliability n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pliable - susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" fictile susceptible - (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"
	2.	pliable - 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" tractile, ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile formed - having or given a form or shape
	3.	pliable - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" elastic, flexible, pliant adaptable - capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths"
	4.	pliable - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" bendable, waxy, pliant flexile, flexible - able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"

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pliable

adjective 1. flexible, plastic, supple, lithe, limber, malleable, pliant, tensile, bendy, ductile, bendable << OPPOSITE rigid

adjective 2. compliant, susceptible, responsive, manageable, receptive, yielding, adaptable, docile, impressionable, easily led, pliant, tractable, persuadable, influenceable, like putty in your hands << OPPOSITE stubborn

Translations

pliable [ˈplaɪəbl] adj → flexible

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pliable [ˈplaɪəbl] adj → flexible; [person] → malléable

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pliable [ˈplaɪəbl] adj [material] → biegsam (fig) [person] → leicht beeinflussbar

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pliable [ˈplaɪəbl] adj → flessibile; [person] → malleabile