pliable
8
4.2
- adjective
- /ˈplaɪəbl/
:
maleable
- The dough has to be soft and pliable so it can easily be shaped into various forms.
- soft and pliable
- more pliable
You want to do it when the brain is still malleable and pliable.
- You want to do it when the brain is still malleable and pliable.
- This is a cheese tortilla and it is pliable.
- He's a third degree black belt, just just a human Gumby in terms of how pliable his body is.
- Some of them are more pliable than others, but that one, let's see.
- Like maybe you can see that it just kind of, it's pliable.
- Like water is the softest, most gentle, life giving, pliable, beautiful thing, but it's also can be a tsunami.
Examples
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The prosthesis is pliable, self-expanding, and flexible in the longitudinal axis.
Academic text (1992) -
Buckbrush, for example, with its long pliable runners suitable for weaving, made an excellent basket-making material.
Academic text (2011) -
And as you see, as you start to lay it over, it's pliable, it's really thin.
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Some of them are more pliable than others, but that one, let's see.
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I want you loose and pliable this afternoon.
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It's very soft and pliable.
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I mean, metal gets pretty pliable at those speeds.
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The brim of the hat is more pliable than usual.
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Benedict felt the cool, pliable earth beneath his fingers and began to work it.
Fiction book (2000) -
The fabric felt soft, pliable, yet somehow almost gritty, like grains of sand.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
155
3.4
Able to change or be changed to fit different situations
23
3.4
Able to change to fit new situations
18
3.7
Able to bend or move easily and smoothly
10
1.9
A fabric you can pull that returns to its old shape
9
5.0
Able to return to shape after you bend, stretch, or press it
8
5.5
Easily changed or influenced, like a child's mind
7
3.4
Able to change easily and deal with new situations
3
6.0
A material you can shape and bend without breaking, like gold or clay
3
5.6
Easily bent or shaped without breaking
2
2.5
Easy to move into new shapes
1
3.0
Can curve without breaking
1
2.6
Becomes longer when you pull it and then goes back to its original size
1
3.2
Able to be made smaller for easy carrying
1
4.1
You can shape materials like clay when they are soft
1
7.3
Can be stretched into a thin wire without breaking
1
5.3
Able to be bent or shaped without breaking
1
7.8
Able to bend easily and spring back without breaking, like a thin stick
Able to change quickly to fit different needs
Can be shaped or molded into a new form
A material that you can make into different shapes
Easy to bend without breaking, like a thin branch
Able to be stretched into thin wire without breaking
Can bend or turn without breaking
Easy to bend when wind or people push it
Antonyms
How Flexible
Surface Forms
Morphology
pliable = ply (transparent) = ply + able
The word 'pliable' is transparently derived from 'ply' with the suffix '-able', indicating the ability to be bent or shaped.
Etymology
Pliable comes from the Latin root plicare, which means 'to fold', and it is the same root behind everyday words like ply and comply. So something described as pliable is easy to bend or shape, like warm clay that you can fold and form.