a. | 1. | Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; |
2. | Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; - sometimes in a bad sense; |
Adj. | 1. | pliable - susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" Synonyms: fictile |
2. | pliable - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" | |
3. | pliable - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" | |
4. | pliable - capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" |