Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of pliant is as below...

Appliable :: Appliable (a.) Applicable; also, compliant..

Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Favorable to pliancy.

Yielding :: Yielding (a.) Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper..

Pliancy :: Pliancy (n.) The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod..

Supplement :: Supplely (adv.) In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints..

Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant..

Wriggle :: Wriggle (a.) Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.

Wicker :: Wicker (n.) A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

Indulgent :: Indulgent (a.) Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent..

Supple :: Supple (a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers..

Compliant :: Compliant (a.) Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch..

Incompliance :: Incompliance (n.) The quality or state of being incompliant; unyielding temper; obstinacy.

Lithesome :: Lithesome (a.) Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.

Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance..

Lithely :: Lithely (adv.) In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner..

Buxom :: Buxom (a.) Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.

Toward :: Toward (prep.) Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth..

Random Fonts

Most Popular