| Main Entry: | pliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | yielding under influence |
Synonyms: |
compliant, docile, obedient, pliable, tractable, yielding |
| Main Entry: | pliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | yielding under physical pressure |
Synonyms: |
adaptable, elastic, flexible, limber, malleable, plastic, pliable, supple |
| Main Entry: | pliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adaptable |
Synonyms: |
amenable, ductile, elastic, fictile, flexible, governable, limber, lissome, malleable, manageable, plastic, pliable, soft, supple, susceptible, tractable, yielding |
| Main Entry: | adaptable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able and usually willing to change |
Synonyms: |
AC-DC, adjustable, all around, alterable, can-do, changeable, compliant, conformable, convertible, ductile, easy-going, flexible, hanging loose, malleable, modifiable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, supple, switch-hitting, tractable, variable, versatile |
Antonyms: |
inflexible, intractable, nonconforming, unadaptable |
| Main Entry: | docile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compliant, submissive |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, agreeable, amenable, biddable, childlike, complacent, cool, docious, ductile, easily influenced, easy, easygoing, gentle, governable, humble, laid-back, manageable, meek, mellow, mild, obedient, obliging, orderly, pliable, pliant, quiet, resigned, soft, tame, teachable, tractable, usable, weak-kneed, well-behaved, willing, yielding |
Antonyms: |
determined, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, stubborn, uncooperative, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | flexible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pliable, bendable |
Synonyms: |
adjustable, bending, ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, flexile, formable, formative, impressionable, like putty, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliant, soft, spongy, springy, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tensile, tractable, tractile, whippy, willowy, yielding |
Antonyms: |
brittle, inflexible, resistant, rigid, stiff, unbendable, unpliable, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | formative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential, impressionable |
Synonyms: |
determinative, developmental, immature, impressible, malleable, moldable, pliant, sensitive, shaping, susceptible |
Antonyms: |
destructive, noninfluential |
| Main Entry: | graceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile, charming, lovely |
Synonyms: |
adroit, aesthetic, artistic, balletic, beautiful, becoming, comely, controlled, curvaceous, dainty, decorative, delicate, dexterous, easy, elastic, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, flowing, handsome, harmonious, limber, lissome, lithe, natural, neat, nimble, pleasing, pliant, poised, practiced, pretty, refined, rhythmic, seemly, shapely, skilled, slender, smooth, springy, statuesque, supple, symmetrical, tasteful, trim, willowy |
| Notes: | graceful means characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form; gracious means characterized by charm, good taste, kindness, and generosity of spirit |
Antonyms: |
awkward, careless, graceless, inept, uncouth, ungraceful, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | limber |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flexible |
Synonyms: |
agile, deft, elastic, graceful, lissome, lithe, lithesome, loose, nimble, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, springy, spry, supple |
Antonyms: |
rigid, stiff, straight, unbending |
| Main Entry: | limp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not stiff; weak |
Synonyms: |
bending, debilitated, drooping, droopy, ductile, enervated, exhausted, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flexible, flexuous, flimsy, floppy, impressible, infirm, languid, languishing, lax, lethargic, limber, listless, loose, plastic, pliable, pliant, relaxed, slack, soft, spent, spiritless, supple, tired, unsubstantial, weakened, wearied, worn out, yielding |
Antonyms: |
hard, inflexible, rigid, stiff, straight, strong, unbending |