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Synonyms for pliable

  • adjective

Most common

flexible malleable pliant bendable fictile lithy

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Pliant — soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded

pliant, flexible, malleable, bendable, soft, supple, ductile, weak, elastic, plastic, adaptable, docile, bendy, waxy, susceptible, tractable, lithe, limp, limber, compliant, manageable, yielding

Other

fictile, lithy

Antonyms

brittle, inflexible, impliable

All antonyms of pliable →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.

    You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays moist.

Related words

Word family
pliability pliancy pliant

Example sentences

  • flexible I suggest we adopt flexible tactics for the moment.
  • malleable The material is also malleable at low temperatures.
  • pliant We need fewer pliant journalists, not more.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pliablesteady
flexiblesteady
malleablesteady
pliantrising
bendablesteady
fictilesteady

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

By length

4 letters
soft1, weak1, limp1, waxy2
5 letters
bendy2, lithe1, lithy
6 letters
supple2, docile2, limber2, pliant2
7 letters
plastic2, elastic3, ductile2, fictile
8 letters
flexible3, yielding2, bendable
9 letters
compliant3, adaptable4, malleable4, tractable3
10 letters
manageable4
11 letters
susceptible4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (waxy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pliable
Italiano
pieghevole