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pliable
Overview of adj pliable
The adj pliable has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fictile, pliable -- (susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda")
2. ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile -- (capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy")
3. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant -- (able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract")
4. bendable, pliable, pliant -- (capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree")
Antonyms of adj pliable
4 senses of pliable
Sense 1
fictile, pliable
INDIRECT (VIA susceptible) -> unsusceptible, insusceptible
Sense 2
ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile
INDIRECT (VIA formed) -> unformed
Sense 3
elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant
INDIRECT (VIA adaptable) -> unadaptable
Sense 4
bendable, pliable, pliant
INDIRECT (VIA flexible) -> inflexible
Similarity of adj pliable
4 senses of pliable
Sense 1
fictile, pliable
=> susceptible (vs. unsusceptible)
Sense 2
ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile
=> formed (vs. unformed)
Sense 3
elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant
=> adaptable (vs. unadaptable)
Sense 4
bendable, pliable, pliant
=> flexible (vs. inflexible), flexile
Pertainyms of adj pliable
Attributes of adj pliable
Domain of adj pliable
Domain Terms of adj pliable
Familiarity of adj pliable
pliable used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj pliable
pliable
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