The fact that they're pliant does not mean they agree with you.
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Pliant
//ˈplaɪənt//
Synonyms for "pliant" (141 found)
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Closest matches (29)
bendableimpressionablemalleablepliableaccessibleaccommodatingacquiescentadaptableadaptiveadjustableagreeablealacritousamenableardentbendingbiddablechangeablecomplaisantcompliantconformable
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
lithesomemanageablemaneuverablemindedmoldablemovableobedientopenopen mindedopen-mindedother directedother-directedpersuadablepersuasibleperviousplasticpracticalpredisposedpromptprone
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quickreadyready and willingreceptiveresponsivesensitivesequaciousshapablesoftspongyspringysuasiblesubmissivesuggestiblesupplesusceptibleswayabletametractabletractileunaustereundemandingunexactingunharshunsevereunstrictuntroublesomeweakwell-disposedwell-inclinedwhippywieldablewieldywilledwillingwillingheartedwillowyyieldingzealous
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- гъвкав adj (Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking)
- отстъпчив adj (Easily influenced for good or evil)
- податлив adj (Easily influenced for good or evil)
Czech
4 entries- ohebný adj (Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking)
- poddajný adj (Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking)
- poddajný adj (Easily influenced for good or evil)
- pružný adj (Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking)
Latin
2 entries- flexilis adj (Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking)
- flexilis adj (Easily influenced for good or evil)
Māori
1 entries- tāngehe adj (Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking)
Russian
4 entries- мя́гкий adj (Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking)
- пода́тливый adj (Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking)
- сгово́рчивый adj (Easily influenced for good or evil)
- уступчивый adj (Easily influenced for good or evil)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- lùbach adj (Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking)
Spanish
2 entries- flexible adj (Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking)
- manejable adj (Easily influenced for good or evil)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
They hoped that a few more days of solitary confinement would make the prisoner more pliant.
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We need fewer pliant journalists, not more.
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Her ethics are pliant.
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