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- Dictionarypliable/ˈplʌɪəbl/
adjective
- 1. easily bent; flexible: "quality leather is pliable and will not crack" Similar Opposite
- 2. easily influenced: "pliable teenage minds" Similar Opposite
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PLIABLE definition: 1. A pliable substance bends easily without breaking or cracking: 2. A pliable person is easily…. Learn more.
The meaning of PLIABLE is supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking. How to use pliable in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pliable.
Pliable means bendable but not breakable. Wax is pliable, good leather is pliable. If you describe a person as pliable, it usually means that he's easily influenced.
1. easily bent or molded; flexible. 2. easily influenced or persuaded; tractable. 3. adjusting readily; adaptable.
Pliable definition: easily bent; flexible; supple. See examples of PLIABLE used in a sentence.
1. Easily bent or shaped. See Synonyms at malleable. 2. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: a pliable policy. 3. Easily influenced, persuaded, or controlled: replaced the complainer with a more pliable subordinate. [Middle English, from Old French, from plier, to bend; see pliant .]
If something is pliable, you can bend it easily without cracking or breaking it. As your baby grows bigger, their bones become less pliable. American English : pliable / ˈplaɪəbəl /