Adjective: pliable plI-u-bul
- Capable of being bent, flexed or twisted without breaking
"a pliable young tree";
- bendable, pliant, waxy
- Capable of being shaped, bent or drawn out
"they soaked the leather to made it pliable";
- ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile
- Able to adjust readily to different conditions
"a pliable person";
- elastic, flexible, pliant
- Susceptible to being led or directed
"pliable masses of people ripe for propaganda";
- fictile
See also: adaptable, flexible, flexile, formed, susceptible
Encyclopedia: Pliable