'Pliability' definitions:
Definition of 'pliability'
From: WordNet
noun
The property of being easily bent without breaking [syn: bendability, pliability]
noun
Adaptability of mind or character; "he was valued for his reliability and pliability"; "he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization" [syn: pliability, pliancy, pliantness, suppleness]
Definition of 'Pliability'
From: GCIDE
- Pliability \Pli`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition. "Pliability of movement." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pliability'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abulia,
- acquiescence,
- adaptability,
- agreeability,
- agreeableness,
- alacrity,
- amenability,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- ardor,
- bendability,
- biddability,
- brightness,
- cheerful consent,
- cleverness,
- compliableness,
- compliance,
- consent,
- convenience,
- cooperativeness,
- cowardice,
- docility,
- ductibility,
- ductility,
- eagerness,
- educability,
- elasticity,
- enthusiasm,
- extendibility,
- extensibility,
- facility,
- faintheartedness,
- faintness,
- favorable disposition,
- favorableness,
- fear,
- feasibility,
- feeblemindedness,
- feebleness,
- fictility,
- flexibility,
- flexility,
- flexuousness,
- formativeness,
- forwardness,
- frailty,
- gameness,
- give,
- goodwill,
- handiness,
- impressionability,
- infirmity,
- intelligence,
- limberness,
- litheness,
- malleability,
- manageability,
- manageableness,
- maneuverability,
- moldability,
- motivation,
- plasticity,
- pliancy,
- practicality,
- promptness,
- quickness,
- readiness,
- receptive mood,
- receptiveness,
- receptivity,
- responsiveness,
- right mood,
- sensibility,
- sensitiveness,
- sequacity,
- servility,
- spinelessness,
- springiness,
- submissiveness,
- subservience,
- suppleness,
- susceptibility,
- teachability,
- teachableness,
- tensileness,
- tensility,
- tractability,
- tractility,
- trainableness,
- ungrudgingness,
- unloathness,
- unreluctance,
- untroublesomeness,
- weak will,
- weak-mindedness,
- weakness,
- wieldableness,
- wieldiness,
- willing ear,
- willing heart,
- willingness,
- willowiness,
- yieldingness,
- zeal,
- zealousness