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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective pliable has 4 senses

• pliable(s = adj.all) fictile - susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"
• pliable(s = adj.all) ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile - 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"
Derived form noun pliability₁

• pliable(s = adj.all) elastic, flexible, pliant - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
Derived form noun pliability₂

• pliable(s = adj.all) bendable, pliant, waxy - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"
Derived form noun pliability₁

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THESAURUS

pliable

abulic, accessible, adaptable, afraid, amenable, appliable, applicable, apt, bendable, bending, bendy, biddable, bright, clever, compliant, convenient, cowardly, creased, crimped, docile, dog-eared, doubled, ductile, educable, elastic, exploitable, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, faint, fainthearted, feasible, feeble, feebleminded, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, flounced, fluted, foldable, folded, folding, foolproof, formable, formative, frail, gathered, giving, handy, impressible, impressionable, infirm, influenceable, instructable, intelligent, invertebrate, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, malleable, manageable, maneuverable, manipulable, manipulatable, moldable, motivated, movable, open, open-minded, operable, persuadable, persuasible, pervious, plaited, plastic, pleated, pliant, plicate, plicated, plicatile, practical, quick, quilled, ready, receptive, responsive, reusable, ripe for instruction, ruffled, schoolable, sensitive, sequacious, shapable, spineless, springy, suasible, submissive, suggestible, supple, susceptible, swayable, teachable, thirsty for knowledge, tractable, tractile, trainable, tucked, twilled, untroublesome, usable, utilizable, weak, weak-kneed, weak-minded, weak-willed, whippy, wieldable, wieldy, willing, willowy, workable, yielding

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pliable

Softness

N softness, pliableness, flexibility, pliancy, pliability, sequacity, malleability, ductility, tractility, extendibility, extensibility, plasticity, inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity, penetrability, clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding, alumina, argil, cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding, foam, mollification, softening, soft, tender, supple, pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, lithe, lithesome, lissom, limber, plastic, ductile, tractile, tractable, malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic, aluminous, remollient, yielding, flabby, limp, flimsy, doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony, flaccid, flocculent, downy, edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken.

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