Antonyms for pliant
ˈplaɪ əntpli·ant

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1. pliant

   One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.

   Antonyms:
   determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful

   Synonyms:
   amenable, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, submissive, tame, teachable, tractable, yielding

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1. plastic, pliantadjective

   capable of being influenced or formed

   "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature"

   Antonyms:
   unimpressionable, unformed, unadaptable, inflexible

   Synonyms:
   bendable, waxy, flexible, tractile, moldable, elastic, ductile, plastic, shaping, tensile, malleable, formative, fictile, pliable

2. ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractileadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unadaptable, unformed, unimpressionable, inflexible

   Synonyms:
   bendable, flexible, tractile, elastic, ductile, plastic, waxy, tensile, malleable, fictile, pliable

3. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliantadjective

   able to adjust readily to different conditions

   "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"

   Antonyms:
   unadaptable, unimpressionable, inflexible, unformed

   Synonyms:
   conciliatory, bendable, flexible, tractile, waxy, elastic, ductile, compromising, tensile, whippy, malleable, flexile, fictile, plastic, pliable

4. bendable, pliable, pliant, waxyadjective

   capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

   "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"

   Antonyms:
   inflexible, unimpressionable, unformed, unadaptable

   Synonyms:
   impressionable, bendable, waxlike, flexible, tractile, waxen, elastic, impressible, ductile, plastic, waxy, tensile, malleable, fictile, pliable

How to use pliant in a sentence?

1. J. Hawes:

   He that cannot decidedly say, "No," when tempted to evil, is on the highway to ruin. He loses the respect even of those who would tempt him, and becomes but the pliant tool and victim of their evil designs.

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