'Pliant' definitions:
Definition of 'pliant'
From: WordNet
adjective
Capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: plastic, pliant]
adjective
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, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile]
adjective
Able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" [syn: elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant]
adjective
Definition of 'Pliant'
From: GCIDE
- Pliant \Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See Ply, v.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] "A pliant hour." --Shak. -- {Pli"ant*ly}, adv. -- {Pli"ant*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pliant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessible,
- acquiescent,
- adaptable,
- adaptive,
- adjustable,
- agreeable,
- alacritous,
- amenable,
- ardent,
- bendable,
- bending,
- biddable,
- complaisant,
- compliant,
- conformable,
- consenting,
- content,
- convenient,
- cooperative,
- disposed,
- docile,
- ductile,
- eager,
- elastic,
- enthusiastic,
- extensible,
- extensile,
- fabricable,
- facile,
- fain,
- favorable,
- favorably disposed,
- favorably inclined,
- feasible,
- fictile,
- flexible,
- flexile,
- flexuous,
- foolproof,
- formable,
- formative,
- forward,
- game,
- giving,
- handy,
- impressible,
- impressionable,
- in the mind,
- in the mood,
- inclined,
- influenceable,
- like putty,
- limber,
- lissome,
- lithe,
- lithesome,
- malleable,
- manageable,
- maneuverable,
- minded,
- moldable,
- movable,
- obedient,
- open,
- open-minded,
- other-directed,
- persuadable,
- persuasible,
- pervious,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- practical,
- predisposed,
- prompt,
- prone,
- quick,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- receptive,
- responsive,
- sensitive,
- sequacious,
- shapable,
- spongy,
- springy,
- suasible,
- submissive,
- suggestible,
- supple,
- susceptible,
- swayable,
- tractable,
- tractile,
- unaustere,
- undemanding,
- unexacting,
- unharsh,
- unsevere,
- unstrict,
- untroublesome,
- weak,
- well-disposed,
- well-inclined,
- whippy,
- wieldable,
- wieldy,
- willed,
- willing,
- willinghearted,
- willowy,
- yielding,
- zealous