pliant (adj.)

  1. capable of being influenced or formed; the plastic minds of children; a pliant nature

    [ Syn: plastic ]

  2. 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

    [ Syn: ductile , malleable , pliable , tensile , tractile ]

  3. able to adjust readily to different conditions; an adaptable person; a flexible personality; an elastic clause in a contract

    [ Syn: elastic , flexible , pliable ]

  4. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; a flexible wire; a pliant young tree

    [ Syn: bendable , pliable , waxy ]

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