Definition of pliant

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Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..

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Incompliance :: Incompliance (n.) The quality or state of being incompliant; unyielding temper; obstinacy.
Willowy :: Willowy (a.) Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
Obsequious :: Obsequious (a.) Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite..
Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant..
Vimineous :: Vimineous (a.) Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs.
Supplicat :: Supplicant (n.) One who supplicates; a suppliant.
Facile :: Facile (a.) Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.
Limber :: Limber (v. t.) To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
Incompliant :: Incompliant (a.) Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn..
Supple :: Supple (v. t.) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient..
Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch..
Supplement :: Supplely (adv.) In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.
Yielding :: Yielding (a.) Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper..
Lithely :: Lithely (adv.) In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner..
Compliantly :: Compliantly (adv.) In a compliant manner.
Obsequiously :: Obsequiously (adv.) In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly.
Supple :: Supple (a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers..
Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Favorable to pliancy.
Supplicancy :: Suppliant (n.) One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.
Cheveril :: Cheveril (a.) Made of cheveril; pliant.
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