pliant

pli·ant (pl

nt)

adj.

1. Easily bent or flexed; pliable. See Synonyms at malleable.

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

3. Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant.

[Middle English, from Old French, present participle of plier, to fold, bend, from Latin plicre; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

plian·cy, pliant·ness n.

pliant·ly adv.

pliant [ˈplaɪənt]

adj

1. easily bent; supple a pliant young tree

2. easily modified; adaptable; flexible a pliant system

3. yielding readily to influence; compliant

[from Old French, from plier to fold, bend; see ply²]

pliancy , pliantness n

pliantly adv

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.	1.	pliant - capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" plastic impressible, impressionable, waxy - easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind"
	2.	pliant - 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, pliable, tensile formed - having or given a form or shape
	3.	pliant - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" elastic, flexible, pliable 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.	pliant - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" bendable, waxy, pliable flexile, flexible - able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"

pliant

adjective

1. impressionable, susceptible, manageable, adaptable, compliant, yielding, pliable, easily led, tractable, biddable, persuadable, influenceable She's proud and stubborn under that pliant exterior.

2. flexible, plastic, supple, lithe, pliable, tensile, bendy, ductile, bendable pliant young willows

Translations

pliant [ˈplaɪənt] ADJ (fig) → dócil, flexible

pliant [ˈplaɪənt] adj

(= easily influenced) [person] → docile

(= easily bent) [stem, branches] → flexible

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But as in carrying them into effect they become revealed and known, they are at once obstructed by those men whom he has around him, and he, being pliant, is diverted from them.

The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context

So we see, in languages, the tongue is more pliant to all expressions and sounds, the joints are more supple, to all feats of activity and motions, in youth than afterwards.

The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context

The connections of the several sections of the raft are slack and pliant, so that the raft may be readily bent into any sort of curve required by the shape of the river.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

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