pliant[adjective]Synonyms:- flexible, bendable, bendy, plastic, pliable, supple
- impressionable, biddable, compliant, easily led, pliable, susceptible, tractable
Antonyms: unpliant
Related Words: spongy [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pli‧ant /ˈplaɪənt/
adjective[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: present participle of plier; ⇒ pliers]
1. soft and moving easily in the way that you want:
Isabel was pliant in his arms. her pliant lips2. easily influenced and controlled by other people:
Pliant judges have been a problem in the past.—pliantly adverb—pliancy noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲