Another word for pliable
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Adjective
Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure
- Capable of being put into effective operation; practicable or feasible:
- Capable of being worked, dealt with, or handled:
- Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant:
- Moving and bending with agility; limber:
- Adaptable to changing circumstances:
- Easily bent or flexed; pliable.
- Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
- Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant:
- Capable of being shaped or formed:
- Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
- Having the qualities of sculpture; well-formed:
- Alternative spelling of mouldable.
- Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
- Easily controlled or influenced:
- Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable:
- Bending or winding alternately from side to side; sinuous.
- Flexible.
- Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable:
- Readily bending or twisting the body without injury:
- Able to change to cope with variable circumstances:
- Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin:
- Easily molded or shaped.
- Capable of being readily persuaded or influenced; tractable:
See also:Capable of adapting or being adapted
- Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant:
- Moving and bending with agility; limber:
- Adaptable to changing circumstances:
- Easily bent or flexed; pliable.
- Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
- Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant:
- Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
- Easily controlled or influenced:
- Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable:
- Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable:
- Readily bending or twisting the body without injury:
- Able to change to cope with variable circumstances:
- Easily resuming original size or shape after being stretched or otherwise deformed; flexible.
- Relating to a collision in which the total kinetic energy is conserved.
- Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
- Relating to or exhibiting adaptation.
- Readily capable of adapting or of being adapted:
- Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
See also:Easily altered or influenced
- Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant:
- Moving and bending with agility; limber:
- Adaptable to changing circumstances:
- Readily influenced by suggestion:
- Easily bent or flexed; pliable.
- Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
- Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant:
- Capable of being shaped or formed:
- Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
- Having the qualities of sculpture; well-formed:
- Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
- Easily controlled or influenced:
- Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable:
- Readily or easily influenced; suggestible:
- Capable of receiving an impression:
- Flexible.
- Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable:
- Readily bending or twisting the body without injury:
- Able to change to cope with variable circumstances:
- Easily resuming original size or shape after being stretched or otherwise deformed; flexible.
- Relating to a collision in which the total kinetic energy is conserved.
- Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
- Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin:
- Easily molded or shaped.
- Capable of being readily persuaded or influenced; tractable:
See also:
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Another word for pliable
Modifier
Flexible
- Capable of being put into effective operation; practicable or feasible:
- Capable of being worked, dealt with, or handled:
- Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.
- Easily resuming original size or shape after being stretched or otherwise deformed; flexible.
- Relating to a collision in which the total kinetic energy is conserved.
- Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
- Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant:
- Moving and bending with agility; limber:
- Adaptable to changing circumstances:
- Bending or flexing readily; pliable.
- Capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily; supple.
- To make limber:
- Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
- Easily controlled or influenced:
- Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable:
- Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin:
- Easily molded or shaped.
- Capable of being readily persuaded or influenced; tractable:
- Capable of being shaped or formed:
- Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
- Having the qualities of sculpture; well-formed:
- Easily bent or flexed; pliable.
- Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
- Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant:
- Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable:
- Readily bending or twisting the body without injury:
- Able to change to cope with variable circumstances:
See also:Tractable
- Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided.
- Lacking in resolution; indecisive.
- Readily or easily influenced; suggestible:
- Capable of receiving an impression:
- Capable of being managed or controlled:
- Disposed or willing to acquiesce.
- Inclined to give way to pressure, argument, or influence; docile.
- Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
- Easily controlled or influenced:
- Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable:
- Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable:
- Readily bending or twisting the body without injury:
- Able to change to cope with variable circumstances:
- Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
- Possible to manipulate:
- Capable of or qualified for receiving.
- Ready or willing to receive favorably:
- Of or relating to the skills of listening and reading.
- Capable of being persuaded; persuadable.
- Easily persuaded, convinced or manipulated
- Disposed or willing to comply; submissive.
- Ready and willing to be taught; teachable.
- Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable.
- Easily bent or flexed; pliable.
- Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
- Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant:
- Easily managed or controlled; governable.
- Easily handled or worked; malleable.
Synonym Study
- at a malleable age
- Malleable is used of that which can be hammered, beaten, or pressed into various forms and figuratively suggests a readiness to be trained, changed, molded, etc. copper is malleable as well as ductile
- Ductile applies to that which can be finely drawn or stretched out, as copper, and figuratively suggests being easily led
- Plastic is used of substances, such as plaster or clay, that can be molded into various forms which are retained upon hardening, and figuratively suggests an impressionable quality
- Pliable and pliant both imply a capability of being easily bent, suggesting the suppleness of a wooden switch and, figuratively, a yielding nature or adaptability
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