Definition of pliable Pliable

/plajˈʌbʌl/ - [playubul] - pli•a•ble

We found 9 definitions of pliable from 5 different sources.

What does pliable mean?

Adjective
pliable - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"
		bendable, pliant, waxy
		flexile, flexible bending and snapping back readily without breaking
pliable - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
		elastic, flexible, pliant
		adaptable capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths"
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"
		ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile
		formed having or given a form or shape
pliable - susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"
		fictile

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pliable (v.)
Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
pliable (v.)
Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.

pliable
plī′a-bl, adj. easily bent or folded: supple: easily persuaded: yielding to influence.—ns. Pliabil′ity, Plī′ableness, quality of being pliable or flexible.—adv. Plī′ably, in a pliable manner.—ns. Plī′ancy, Plī′antness, the state of being pliant: readiness to be influenced.—adj. Plī′ant, bending easily: flexible: tractable: easily influenced.—adv. Plī′antly. [Fr. pliable—L. plicāre, to fold.]