| a. | 1. | Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; |
| 2. | Favorable to pliancy. |
| Adj. | 1. | pliant - capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" Synonyms: plastic |
| 2. | pliant - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" | |
| 3. | pliant - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" | |
| 4. | pliant - 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" |