pliable

Meaning

1. Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
2. Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.

Synonyms

flexible

pliant

soft

elastic

bendable

malleable

yielding

supple

plastic

limber

ductile

compliant

docile

waxy

weak

lithe

tractable

fictile

tractile

whippy

moldable

tensile

relaxed

☺️

soft-hearted

submissive

tender

tinfoil

wavy

waxen

withy

weak kneed

tinfoil hat

accessible

alfoil

accommodative

acquiescent

adaptable

aluminum foil

biddable

complaisant

concessive

conformable

extensile

flexile

foil

foldable

kind

lissom

lissome

lithesome

Translations

flexible

biegsam

souple

flexible

flessibile

pliant

esnek

flexível

pieghevole

cedevole

volgzaam

gefügig

flexibel

malléable

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈplaɪəbəl/

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French ploiable, from ploiier (“to fold”). By surface analysis, ply + -able. Compare pliant.