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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.

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

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

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  1. plastic, pliantadjective

    capable of being influenced or formed

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

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

    Antonyms:
    unimpressionable, unformed, unadaptable, inflexible

  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"

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

    Antonyms:
    unadaptable, unformed, unimpressionable, inflexible

  3. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliantadjective

    able to adjust readily to different conditions

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

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

    Antonyms:
    unadaptable, unimpressionable, inflexible, unformed

  4. bendable, pliable, pliant, waxyadjective

    capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

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

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

    Antonyms:
    inflexible, unimpressionable, unformed, unadaptable

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  1. pliantadjective

    Synonyms:
    PLIABLE

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  1. List of known nicknames for "Pliant":

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  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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