pliant
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
capable of being influenced or formed
the plastic minds of children
Related & opposite
- pliability derivation
- impressionable similar to
Sense 2 adjective
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
ductile copper
Related & opposite
- malleability derivation
- ductility derivation
- pliability derivation
- pliancy derivation
- formed similar to
Sense 3 adjective
able to adjust readily to different conditions
an adaptable person
Related & opposite
- flexibility derivation
- pliability derivation
- adaptable similar to
Sense 4 adjective
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
a flexible wire
Related & opposite
- pliability derivation
- pliancy derivation
- twist derivation
- bend derivation
- flexile similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pliability |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | impressionable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | malleability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ductility |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pliability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pliancy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | formed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flexibility |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pliability |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | adaptable |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pliability |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pliancy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | twist |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bend |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | flexile |