Thesaurus: pliant

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1. v. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
2. v. Favorable to pliancy.
3. adj. capable of being influenced or formed
4. adj. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
5. adj. able to adjust readily to different conditions
6. adj. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
7. 1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. South. 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] "A pliant hour." Shak. -- Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.
8. j:100 s capable of being influenced or formed s capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out s able to adjust readily to different conditions s capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking