pliable
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- flexible, bendable, bendy, malleable, plastic, pliant, supple
- impressionable, adaptable, compliant, docile, easily led, pliant, receptive, responsive, susceptible, tractable

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Antonyms: unpliable
Contrasted words: unadaptable, unflexible, unmalleable, unpliant
Related Words: manipulable, manipulatable

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English Thesaurus: soft, tender, soggy, squishy, squashy, ...

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pli‧a‧ble /ˈplaɪəbəl/ adjective
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: plier; ⇒ pliers]

1. able to bend without breaking or cracking:
a shoe made of soft pliable leather

2. easily influenced and controlled by other people:
Senior officials would have preferred a more pliable government.
—pliability /ˌplaɪəˈbɪləti, ˌplaɪəˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

soft not hard, firm, or stiff, but easy to press:
a soft mattress
Her skin was lovely and soft.
soft ground
tender used about meat or vegetables that are soft and easy to cut, especially because they have been well cooked:
The beef was very tender.
Cook the carrots until tender.
soggy very wet and too soft, in a way that seems unpleasant – used about bread, vegetables, and the ground:
soggy cabbage
a piece of soggy bread
The ground was too soggy to walk on.
squishy soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about soft wet ground which makes a noise when you walk on it:
squishy tomatoes
The leaves were squishy under our feet.
squashy British English soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about chairs that are soft and comfortable:
The peaches have gone all squashy.
a big squashy sofa
mushy used about fruit or vegetables that are very soft, wet, and unpleasant, because they are not fresh or have been cooked for too long:
mushy pieces of banana
a few mushy carrots
spongy soft and full of holes that contain air or liquid like a sponge:
a spongy foam
a spongy loaf
His boots sank into the spongy soil.
springy used about something that is soft and comes back to its normal shape after being pressed or walked on:
springy turf (=grass)
Her hair felt lovely and springy.
pliable /ˈplaɪəbəl/ used about a material or substance that can be bent or pressed without breaking or cracking:
The clay was still pliable and not too dry.
yielding literary used about a surface which is soft and will bend when you press it:
yielding flesh

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