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Synonyms for malleable

20 synonyms
8 antonyms
1 meaning

adjective

Most common

pliable pliant soft ductile

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Pliable — flexible, liable to change

pliable, pliant, soft, ductile, flexible, plastic, docile, weak, tractable, tensile, buxom, sequacious, tractile, moldable, elastic, facile, compliant, manageable, yielding

Other

Antonyms

stiff, rigid, inflexible

All antonyms of malleable →

Definitions

adj. 1
Flexible, liable to change.
My opinion on the subject is malleable.

Related words

Word family: malleability

Example sentences

flexible I suggest we adopt flexible tactics for the moment.
pliable Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.
ductile After bonding, more ductile epoxy is used to waterproof the bond.
pliant We need fewer pliant journalists, not more.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
malleable		steady
flexible		steady
pliable		steady
ductile		falling
pliant		rising
fictile		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: soft¹, weak¹
5 letters: buxom²
6 letters: docile², facile², pliant²
7 letters: plastic², elastic³, tensile², pliable³, ductile², fictile
8 letters: flexible³, yielding², moldable³, tractile
9 letters: compliant³, tractable³
10 letters: manageable⁴, sequacious

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (buxom² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: malléable
Italiano: malleabile
Deutsch: formbar