Synonyms for Pliant | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "pliant" (162 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Adjective(7 words)

bendable ductile flexible malleable acquiescent compliant docile

accessible accommodating acquiescent adaptable adaptive adjustable agreeable alacritous amenable ardent bendable bending biddable changeable complaisant compliant conformable consenting content convenient

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cooperative disposed docile ductile

Noun(1 words)

adjective describing material properties

Adverb(1 words)

deformably flexible material

Strong matches (48)

dutiful eager easy elastic enthusiastic extensible extensile fabricable facile fain favorablefavorably disposedfavorably inclinedfeasible fictile flexible flexile flexuous fluid foolproof

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formable formative forward game giving handy impressible impressionablein the mindin the moodinclined influenceablelike puttylimber lissome lithe lithesome malleable manageable maneuverable

Adjective(4 words)

elasticelastic objectelastic stretchfloppiest

Noun(2 words)

floppy limbering

Verb(2 words)

giving wayinfluenced

Related words (81)

Adjective(21 words)

manipulable persuadable plastic pliable pushable rubbery semisoft softer softish squishystretchable yarnstretchiest suggestible suppler supplest susceptible tensile tractable tractile versatile

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waxy

Noun(3 words)

material deformabilitysqueezable toytender bid

minded moldable movable obedient openopen mindedopen-mindedother directedother-directed persuadable persuasible pervious plastic pliable practical predisposed prompt prone quick ready

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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries

behavioral tendencybehavioral traitcharacteristic dispositionpersonality traitproperty quality

More specific

8 entries

acquiescence compliance docility elastomer plastic rubber suggestibility susceptibility

Collocations

5 entries

pliant approachpliant materialpliant policypliant substratepliant surface

Inflections

2 entries

more pliantmost pliant

Derivations

2 entries

pliability pliancy

similar

7 entries

adaptable flexible flexile formed impressible impressionable waxy

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The fact that they're pliant does not mean they agree with you.

Source: tatoeba (8860464)

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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