pliable
adjective
1. susceptible to being led or directed
Similar word(s): susceptible, fictile
2. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
- they soaked the leather to made it pliable
- pliant molten glass
Similar word(s): formed, ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile
3. able to adjust readily to different conditions
Similar word(s): adaptable, elastic, flexible, pliant
4. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
- a pliant young tree
Similar word(s): flexible, flexile, bendable, pliant, waxy
Sentences with pliable as an adjective:
- You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays fairly moist.