pliant

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking.
2. (figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.

Sinonieme

flexible

supple

pliable

limber

soft

bendable

malleable

plastic

yielding

lithe

adaptable

elastic

biddable

docile

ductile

tractile

adaptive

compliant

lissome

lithesome

obedient

springy

submissive

tender

tensile

waxy

weak

whippy

complaisant

unexacting

live

buxom

meek

mutable

nonrigid

willowy

bending

attentive

shake

🫨

apt

withy

stretch

stretchable

stretched

stretchy

accommodating

suitable

accommodative

sway

tame

Vertalings

souple

flexible

flexible

pliant

flexível

buigzaam

flexilis

lenig

schmiegsam

geschmeidig

biegsamen

mollis

lentus

εύκαμπτος

malléable

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈplaɪənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: pliaunt

In summary

From Middle English pliaunt, from Old French ploiant, present participle of ploiier (“to fold”).