Dictionary Entry
pliant
pliant is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as verb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
- 2verb
Favorable to pliancy.
- 3adjective
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
"a flexible wire"
"a pliant young tree"
- 4adjective
able to adjust readily to different conditions
"an adaptable person"
"a flexible personality"
- 5adjective
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
"ductile copper"
"malleable metals such as gold"
- 6adjective
capable of being influenced or formed
"the plastic minds of children"
"a pliant nature"
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