Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.
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Pliable
//ˈplaɪəbəl//
Synonyms for "pliable" (152 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (76)
manageablemaneuverablemanipulablemanipulatablemoldablemotivatedmovableopenopen mindedopen-mindedoperablepassivepersuadablepersuasibleperviousplaitedplasticpleatedpliantplicate
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4 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 24 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- yapığan adj (easily bent or formed)
- əyilgən adj (easily bent or formed)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ковък adj (easily bent or formed)
- пластичен adj (easily bent or formed)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 易彎 /易弯 adj (easily bent or formed)
- 易曲折的 adj (easily bent or formed)
Dutch
1 entries- plooibaar adj (easily bent or formed)
Finnish
2 entries- notkea adj (easily bent or formed)
- taipuisa adj (easily bent or formed)
French
2 entries- pliable adj (easily bent or formed)
- pliant adj (easily bent or formed)
German
2 entries- biegsam adj (easily bent or formed)
- geschmeidig adj (easily bent or formed)
Greek
3 entries- ευλύγιστος adj (easily bent or formed)
- εύκαμπτος adj (easily bent or formed)
- εύπλαστος adj (easily bent or formed)
Italian
4 entries- adattabile adj (easily bent or formed)
- flessibile adj (easily bent or formed)
- malleabile adj (easily bent or formed)
- modellabile adj (easily bent or formed)
Japanese
2 entries- しなやかな adj (easily bent or formed)
- 曲げやすい adj (easily bent or formed)
Korean
1 entries- 유연(柔軟)한 adj (easily bent or formed)
Latin
1 entries- flexilis adj (easily bent or formed)
Manx
1 entries- so-lhoobagh adj (easily bent or formed)
Māori
3 entries- kōngohe adj (easily bent or formed)
- kōpē adj (easily bent or formed)
- kōpēpē adj (easily bent or formed)
Polish
2 entries- gibki adj (easily bent or formed)
- giętki adj (easily bent or formed)
Portuguese
3 entries- flexível adj (easily bent or formed)
- maleável adj (easily bent or formed)
- moldável adj (easily bent or formed)
Romanian
2 entries- pliabil adj (easily bent or formed)
- pliant adj (easily bent or formed)
Russian
1 entries- ги́бкий adj (easily bent or formed)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- savitljiv adj (easily bent or formed)
- савитљив adj (easily bent or formed)
Sicilian
2 entries- gnutticàvili adj (easily bent or formed)
- ncunucchiàvili adj (easily bent or formed)
Slovak
3 entries- ohybný adj (easily bent or formed)
- poddajný adj (easily bent or formed)
- tvárny adj (easily bent or formed)
Spanish
2 entries- plegable adj (easily bent or formed)
- plegadizo adj (easily bent or formed)
Tocharian B
1 entries- wlaṃśke adj (easily bent or formed)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гнучки́й adj (easily bent or formed)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Whereas the junction is more stiff or rigid, the nexus is more pliable; it is, as it were, animate or articulated.
Source: tatoeba (9940577)
Tom is the most pliable of the four.
Source: tatoeba (10252793)
With enough money, it's a simple matter to find and work the most pliable politicians.
Source: tatoeba (10252798)
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