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- [plahy-uh nt]
- /ˈplaɪ ənt/
- /ˈplaɪ.ənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [plahy-uh nt]
- /ˈplaɪ ənt/
Definitions of pliant word
- adjective pliant bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay. 1
- adjective pliant easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant: He has a pliant nature. 1
- adjective pliant material: easy to bend 1
- adjective pliant person: easy to control 1
- adjective pliant A pliant person can be easily influenced and controlled by other people. 0
- adjective pliant If something is pliant, you can bend it easily without breaking it. 0
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Origin of pliant
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English < Old French, present participle of plier to ply2; see -ant
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Parts of speech for Pliant
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pliant popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pliant
adj pliant
- acceptive — ready or willing to accept
- adaptable — If you describe a person or animal as adaptable, you mean that they are able to change their ideas or behaviour in order to deal with new situations.
- balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
- bendable — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- bendy — A bendy object bends easily into a curved or angled shape.
adjective pliant
- ductile — (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire.
- elastic — (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
- expandable — Having the capacity to be expanded.
- limp — to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
- nonresistant — not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
Antonyms for pliant
adj pliant
- adamant — If someone is adamant about something, they are determined not to change their mind about it.
- arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
- buckram — cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size, etc, used in lining or stiffening clothes, bookbinding, etc
- by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
- close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
adjective pliant
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- immalleable — (archaic) Not malleable.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
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