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Pliant

Pliant Meaning & Definition
Pliant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pliant?

[adj] 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"
[adj] capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"
[adj] able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
[adj] capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pliant: adaptable | bendable | ductile | elastic | flexible | flexile | impressible | impressionable | malleable | plastic | pliable | tensile | tractile

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pliant: accessible | acquiescent | adaptable | adaptive | adjustable | agreeable | alacritous | amenable | ardent | bendable | bending | biddable | complaisant | compliant | conformable | consenting | content | convenient | cooperative | disposed | docile | ductile | eager | elastic | enthusiastic | extensible | extensile | fabricable | facile | fain | favorable | favorably disposed | favorably inclined | feasible | fictile | flexible | flexile | flexuous | foolproof | formable | formative | forward | game | giving | handy | impressible | impressionable | in the mind | in the mood | inclined | influenceable | like putty | limber | lissome | lithe | lithesome | malleable | manageable | maneuverable | minded | moldable | movable | obedient | open | open-minded | other-directed | persuadable | persuasible | pervious | plastic | pliable | practical | predisposed | prompt | prone | quick | ready | ready and willing | receptive | responsive | sensitive | sequacious | shapable | spongy | springy | suasible | submissive | suggestible | supple | susceptible | swayable | tractable | tractile | unaustere | undemanding | unexacting | unharsh | unsevere | unstrict | untroublesome | weak | well-disposed | well-inclined | whippy | wieldable | wieldy | willed | willing | willinghearted | willowy | yielding | zealous

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Pliant In Webster's Dictionary

\Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See {Ply}, v.] 1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South. 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] ``A pliant hour.'' --Shak. -- {Pli"ant*ly}, adv. -- {Pli"ant*ness}, n.

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