English Dictionary
◊ PLIABLE
pliable
adj 1: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of
people ripe for propaganda" [syn: {fictile}]
2: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an
adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic
clause in a contract" [syn: {elastic}, {flexible}, {pliant}]
3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
"a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: {bendable},
{pliant}]
4: 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},
{pliant}, {tensile}, {tractile}]