malleable

Meaning

1. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
2. (figuratively) Flexible, liable to change.
3. in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

Synonyms

ductile

pliable

flexible

plastic

pliant

tractable

tractile

forgeable

soft

docile

tensile

plaint

compliant

mild

moldable

opportunistic

quaggy

smooth

softy

squashy

subdued

unctuous

viscid

viscous

waxen

waxy

yielding

accommodative

plastic clay

adaptable

complaisant

conformable

crumby

elastic

extensile

fictile

flexile

limber

lithe

meek

mellow

Translations

malleabile

maleable

malléable

maleável

schmiedbar

ductile

dúctil

formbar

dehnbar

hämmerbar

docile

smijdig

kneedbaar

forgiabile

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/

Etymology

From Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh₂- (“crush, grind”).