ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPpliable
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pliable
Meaning: able to bend or be shaped easily
pliable in a sentence
How pliable is used in real sentences:
The artist chose pliable wire for the sculpture.
The pliable branch bent under the snow but did not snap.
“After revising a draft, Elizabeth pressed a conspicuous royal seal into pliable wax; its image warned every reader that the command came from the crown.”
— from the passage The Queen's Paper Roads
Synonyms for pliable
Other words for pliable — flexible, bendable and supple — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of pliable
Words that mean the opposite of pliable:
- rigid
- stiff
- brittle
Where it comes from
From French plier, meaning 'to fold or bend.'
Memory hook
Pliable material can ply or bend without breaking.