Definition for Pliant:

• Easily bent; flexible; limber; easily moulded; easily infiuenced; tractable. See Ply.

Synonyms for Pliant:

• adj.

  •adaptable (adjective)
  • fictile,
  • governable,
  • limber,
  • amenable.
  •elastic (adjective)
  • extensible,
  • mutable,
  • resilient,
  • buoyant.
  •fickle (adjective)
  • impulsive,
  • fluctuating,
  • changeable,
  • inconstant,
  • fickle,
  • volatile,
  • unreliable,
  • indecisive,
  • undependable,
  • flighty,
  • Permutable.
  •impressionable (adjective)
  • persuadable.
  •obedient (adjective)
  • under control.
  •plastic (adjective)
  • shapeable,
  • influenceable.
  •resigned (adjective)
  • unresisting,
  • well-disposed,
  • Nonresisting,
  • unassertive.
  •soft (adjective)
  • mushy,
  • gentle.
  •willing (adjective)
  • biddable,
  • eager,
  • acquiescent,
  • assenting,
  • agreeable,
  • cooperative,
  • ready,
  • receptive,
  • earnest.

• n.

  •
  • obliging,
  • interested,
  • inclined.
  •pliant (noun)
  • impressionable,
  • impressible.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • doughy,
  • spongy,
  • squishy,
  • squashy,
  • adaptive,
  • graceful.
  •
  • workable,
  • flexuous,
  • adjustable.

Antonyms for Pliant:

• adj.

  • adaptable
    stiff, rigid.
  • yielding under influence
    unyielding, inflexible.
  • Other antonyms:
    intractable, obstinate, wilful, unadaptable, inelastic, fragile, brittle, firm, opinionated, resolute, unimpressionable, stubborn, determined, stiffened, dogged, unformed, self-willed, breakable.