Found 3 items, similar to pliable.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: pliable lembut
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pliable pliable adj 1: susceptible to being led or directed; “fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda” [syn: fictile] 2: able to adjust readily to different conditions; “an adaptable person”; “a flexible personality”; “an elastic clause in a contract” [syn: elastic, flexible, pliant] 3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; “a flexible wire”; “a pliant young tree” [syn: bendable, pliant] 4: 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” [syn: ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pliable Pliable \Pli"a*ble\, a. [F., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See Ply, v.] 1. Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant. [1913 Webster] 2. 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 she promised to be.” --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] -- Pli"a*ble*ness, n. -- Pli"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]