pliant

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adjective

1. capable of being influenced or formed (Freq. 1)
- the plastic minds of children
- a pliant nature
• Syn:
plastic
• Similar to:
impressionable, waxy, impressible
• Derivationally related forms:
pliantness, pliancy
2. able to adjust readily to different conditions
- an adaptable person
- a flexible personality
- an elastic clause in a contract
• Syn:
elastic, flexible, pliable
• Similar to:
adaptable
• Derivationally related forms:
pliantness, pliancy, pliability (for: pliable), flexibleness (for: flexible), flexibility (for: flexible)
3. 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, tensile, tractile
• Similar to:
formed
• Derivationally related forms:
pliantness, pliancy, pliability (for: pliable), malleability (for: malleable), ductility (for: ductile)
4. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
- a flexible wire
- a pliant young tree
• Syn:
bendable, pliable, waxy
• Similar to:
flexible, flexile
• Derivationally related forms:
pliantness, pliancy, pliability (for: pliable), bend (for: bendable), bendability (for: bendable)

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