ADJECTIVE | all | pliant, plastic | capable of being influenced or formed |
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all | pliant, ductile, malleable, pliable, tensile, tractile | capable of being shaped or bent / bent or drawn out | |
all | pliant, elastic, flexible, pliable | able to adjust readily to different conditions | |
all | pliant, bendable, pliable, waxy | capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking / breaking |
Sounds | play'ahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | capable of being influenced or formed. | |
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Example | "a pliant nature" | |
Synonym | plastic | |
Broader | impressionable, waxy, impressible | easily impressed or influenced |
Spanish | moldeable | |
Nouns | pliancy, pliantness | adaptability of mind or character |
Meaning | capable of being shaped or bent / bent or drawn out. | |
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Example | "pliant molten glass" | |
Synonyms | ductile, malleable, pliable, tensile, tractile | |
Broader | formed | Having or given a form or shape |
Spanish | dúctil, maleable | |
Catalan | dúctil | |
Nouns | pliancy, pliantness | the property of being pliant / pliant and flexible |
Meaning | able to adjust readily to different conditions. | |
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Synonyms | elastic, flexible, pliable | |
Broader | adaptable | capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use |
Spanish | elástico, flexible | |
Nouns | pliancy, pliantness | adaptability of mind or character |
Meaning | capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking / breaking. | |
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Example | "a pliant young tree" | |
Synonyms | bendable, pliable, waxy | |
Broader | flexible, flexile | able to flex |
Spanish | articulable, flexible | |
Nouns | pliancy, pliantness | the property of being pliant / pliant and flexible |
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