1. pliable(s = adj.all) fictile - susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
1. Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant. [1913 Webster]
2. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
pliable, adj.
1 bending easily; supple.
2 yielding, compliant.
Derivative:
pliability n. pliableness n. pliably adv.
Etymology:
F f. plier bend: see PLY(1)
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