pliable
adjective
[ ˈplʌɪəb(ə)l ]
• easily bent; flexible.
• "quality leather is pliable and will not crack"
Similar:
flexible,
easily bent,
bendable,
pliant,
elastic,
supple,
stretchable,
malleable,
workable,
plastic,
whippy,
springy,
limber,
ductile,
tensile,
bendy,
flexile,
• easily influenced.
• "pliable teenage minds"
Similar:
malleable,
easily influenced,
impressionable,
flexible,
adaptable,
pliant,
compliant,
docile,
biddable,
tractable,
like putty in one's hands,
yielding,
manageable,
governable,
controllable,
amenable,
accommodating,
susceptible,
suggestible,
influenceable,
persuadable,
manipulable,
responsive,
receptive,
persuasible,
suasible,
susceptive,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French, from plier ‘to bend’ (see ply1).
