pliable
Adjective Satellite
- susceptible to being led or directed
- capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
- "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
- capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
Adj
- Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
- Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.
Adjective
- Easily bent or flexible; adaptable or easily influenced.
Examples
- A PLIABLE strategy is key in Scrabble, adapting to new tiles and opponent’s plays.
- You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays moist.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French ploiable, from ploiier (“to fold”). By surface analysis, ply + -able.
Synonyms
bendable, ductile, elastic, fictile, flexible, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile, waxy, lithy
Scrabble Score: 11
pliable: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpliable: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pliable: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary