pliable | Definition of pliable

Synonyms and Antonyms of pliable

1 able to bend easily without breaking

the wooden strips become more pliable if they are first soaked in water

Synonyms of pliable

bendy [chiefly British], flexible, limber, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, pliant, supple, willowy

Words Related to pliable

adaptable, ductile, elastic, fluid, kneadable, malleable, modifiable, plastic, variable, yielding

droopy, flaccid, floppy, limp

Near Antonyms of pliable

inelastic, nonmalleable, unyielding

breakable, brittle, fragile

Antonyms of pliable

inflexible, rigid, stiff, stiffened

2 capable of being readily changed

with such iffy weather, we had to keep our vacation schedule fairly pliable

Synonyms of pliable

adaptable, adjustable, alterable, changeable, elastic, flexible, fluid, malleable, modifiable, variable

Words Related to pliable

changing, fluctuating, inconstant, labile, unstable, unsteady, varying, versatile

Near Antonyms of pliable

constant, stable, steady, unchanging, uniform, unvarying

Antonyms of pliable

established, fixed, immutable, inelastic, inflexible, invariable, nonmalleable, ramrod, set, unadaptable, unalterable, unbudgeable, unchangeable