pliable.

1. Able to bend or be shaped without breaking.

2. Easily influenced or guided by others.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a pliable material
• pliable leather

On the page

The warmed leather became pliable enough to fit around the frame.

She tested the pliable strip before trusting it as a hinge.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more pliable; superlative most pliable where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.