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

1. verb. 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.
2. verb. Favorable to pliancy.
3. adjective. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

   "a flexible wire"

   "a pliant young tree"

   Synonyms: bendable, pliable, waxy

4. adjective. able to adjust readily to different conditions

   "an adaptable person"

   "a flexible personality"

   Synonyms: elastic, flexible, pliable

5. adjective. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

   "ductile copper"

   "malleable metals such as gold"

   Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliable, tensile, tractile

6. adjective. capable of being influenced or formed

   "the plastic minds of children"

   "a pliant nature"

   Synonyms: plastic

Synonyms

bendable, pliable, waxy, elastic, flexible, ductile, malleable, tensile, tractile, plastic

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pliant:

plaint

Common word forms

pliantly, pliantness

Words from these letters

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