Nearby Words
pliablest
| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | lithe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flexible, graceful and slender |
| Synonyms: | agile, lean, lightsome, limber, lissome, loose, nimble, pliable, pliant, slight, slim, spare, supple, thin |
| Antonyms: | awkward, fat, stiff, thick |
| Main Entry: | plastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flexible, soft; made of manufactured, treated compounds |
| Synonyms: | bending, ductile, elastic, fictile, formable, moldable, molded, pliable, pliant, resilient, shapeable, supple, workable |
| Antonyms: | hard, inflexible, stiff |
| Main Entry: | plastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily influenced |
| Synonyms: | amenable, bending, compliant, docile, ductile, flexible, giving, impressionable, influenceable, malleable, manageable, moldable, pliable, pliant, receptive, responsive, suggestible, supple, susceptible, tractable, yielding |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, unflappable |
| Main Entry: | resilient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bouncy, flexible |
| Synonyms: | airy, buoyant, effervescent, elastic, expansive, hardy, irrepressible, plastic, pliable, quick to recover, rebounding, rolling with punches, rubbery, snapping back, springy, stretchy, strong, supple, tough, volatile |
| Antonyms: | hard, inflexible, rigid, stiff |
| Main Entry: | soft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cushioned, squishy |
| Synonyms: | bendable, comfortable, comfy, cottony, cozy, creamy, cushiony, cushy, delicate, doughy, downy, ductile, easeful, easy, elastic, feathery, fine, flabby, fleecy, fleshy, flexible, flimsy, flocculent, flowing, fluffy, fluid, formless, furry, gelatinous, impressible, limp, malleable, moldable, mushy, pappy, pithy, plastic, pliable, pulpy, quaggy, rounded, satiny, silken, silky, smooth, snug, spongy, squashy, supple, thin, velvety, yielding |
| Antonyms: | hard, rigid, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | springy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elastic |
| Synonyms: | adaptable, bouncy, flexible, limber, malleable, pliable, pliant, resilient, rubberlike, rubbery, stretchable, stretchy |
| Main Entry: | submissive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compliant |
| Synonyms: | abject, accommodating, acquiescent, amenable, bowing down, comformable, complying, deferential, docile, domesticated, dutiful, giving-in, humble, ingratiating, lowly, malleable, meek, menial, nonresistant, nonresisting, obedient, obeisant, obeying, obsequious, passive, patient, pliable, pliant, resigned, servile, slavish, subdued, tame, tractable, uncomplaining, unresisting, yes*, yielding |
| Antonyms: | disobedient, fighting, intractable, resistant, unyielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | supple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bendable |
| Synonyms: | adaptable, agile, bending, ductile, elastic, flexible, graceful, limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, rubber, springy, stretch, stretchy, svelte, willowy, wiry, yielding |
| Antonyms: | hard, rigid, stiff, unflexible |
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