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Definition of PLIABLE

1

able to bend easily without breaking <the wooden strips become more pliable if they are first soaked in water>

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

Related Words adaptable, ductile, elastic, fluid, kneadable, malleable, modifiable, plastic, variable, yielding; droopy, flaccid, floppy, limp; semiflexible

Near Antonyms inelastic, nonmalleable, unyielding; breakable, brittle, fragile

Antonyms inflexible, rigid, stiff, stiffened

2

capable of being readily changed <with such iffy weather, we had to keep our vacation schedule fairly pliable>

Synonyms adaptable, adjustable, alterable, changeable, elastic, fluid, malleable, modifiable, pliable, variable

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

Near Antonyms constant, stable, steady, unchanging, uniform, unvarying

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