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Detailed Synonyms for pliable in English

pliable:

pliable adj

  1. pliable
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  3. pliable
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  8. pliable
    – capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking 1
    pliable; pliant; waxy; bendable
    – capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking 1
  9. pliable
    – able to adjust readily to different conditions 1
    flexible; pliable; pliant; elastic
    – able to adjust readily to different conditions 1
  10. pliable
    – capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out 1
    malleable; pliable; pliant; tensile; ductile; tractile
    – capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out 1
    • malleable adj
      • malleable metals such as gold1
    • pliable adj
      • they soaked the leather to made it pliable1
    • pliant adj
      • pliant molten glass1
    • tensile adj
      • made of highly tensile steel alloy1
    • ductile adj
      • ductile copper1
    • tractile adj
  11. pliable
    – susceptible to being led or directed 1
    pliable; fictile
    – susceptible to being led or directed 1
    • pliable adj
    • fictile adj
      • fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda1

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Related Definitions for "pliable":

  1. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking1
  2. able to adjust readily to different conditions1
  3. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out1
    • they soaked the leather to made it pliable1
  4. susceptible to being led or directed1