pliable

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adjective

1. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
- a flexible wire
- a pliant young tree
• Syn:
bendable, pliant, waxy
• Similar to:
flexible, flexile
• Derivationally related forms:
pliantness (for: pliant), pliancy (for: pliant), pliability, bend (for: bendable), bendability (for: bendable)
2. 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
• Similar to:
formed
• Derivationally related forms:
pliantness (for: pliant), pliancy (for: pliant), pliability, malleability (for: malleable), ductility (for: ductile)
3. able to adjust readily to different conditions
- an adaptable person
- a flexible personality
- an elastic clause in a contract
• Syn:
elastic, flexible, pliant
• Similar to:
adaptable
• Derivationally related forms:
pliantness (for: pliant), pliancy (for: pliant), pliability, flexibleness (for: flexible), flexibility (for: flexible)
4. susceptible to being led or directed
- fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda
• Syn:
fictile
• Similar to:
susceptible

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bendable, pliant, waxy, elastic, flexible, ductile, malleable, tensile, tractile, fictile