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pliant
[ plahy-uhnt ]
adjective
- bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
She manipulated the pliant clay.
Synonyms: ,
- easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant:
He has a pliant nature.
Synonyms: , , , ,
pliant
/ ˈ±è±ô²¹ÉªÉ™²Ô³Ù /
adjective
- easily bent; supple
a pliant young tree
- easily modified; adaptable; flexible
a pliant system
- yielding readily to influence; compliant
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è±ô¾±²¹²Ô³Ù±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ±è±ô¾±²¹²Ô³¦²â, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô·³¦²â ±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô³Ù·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
- non·±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô·³¦²â noun
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô³Ù adjective
- non·±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
- non·±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô³Ù·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- un·±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô·³¦²â noun
- ³Ü²Ô·±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô³Ù adjective
- un·±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
- un·±è±ô¾±î€ƒa²Ô³Ù·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pliant1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Far-right influencers and talking heads quickly learned to prey on pliant minds, disseminating untruths via short-form video content that users would see as factual.
Trump currently has control of a pliant Congress and a conservative Supreme Court – but in only 20 months' time, in November 2026, there will be mid-term elections in the US.
A few years ago, I wrote about the comforting magic of "soft and pliant" egg noodles, the base for one of my all-time favorite meals: my Nana's cream chicken.
If Trump appoints a more pliant attorney general this time, he has the power to order the Justice Department to investigate his critics, a GOP lawyer who is reportedly advising the president-elect wrote last week.
Thanks to a deferential Supreme Court, a subservient Republican Party that won a Senate majority and a determination to assemble a more pliant administration, there will be fewer checks on his power.
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