pliant
adjective (PERSON) /ˈplaɪ.ənt/Definition
› Pliant people are easily influenced or controlled by other people: I don't think it's a good thing for children to be too pliant.Weakness and vulnerability › being able and willing to accept change or new ideas: The management has adopted a more pliant position, and has agreed to listen to the staff's requests.Adapting and modifying ChangingAdapting and attuning to something pliancy /-ən.si/ noun [U] Flexible, loose and yielding pliantly /-li/ adverb Flexible, loose and yielding
(Definition of pliant adjective (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- acclimatize verb
- accommodate verb (SUIT)
- adapt verb (BECOME FAMILIAR)
- adapt verb (CHANGE)
- adaptable adjective
- adjustable adjective
- adjustment noun (BECOMING FAMILIAR)
- amend verb
- amendment noun
- chameleon noun (PERSON)
- change with/keep up with/move with the times idiom
- jigger verb
- modification noun (CHANGE)
- modification noun (LANGUAGE)
- put sth back phrasal verb (OF CLOCK)
- put sth forward phrasal verb
- revision noun (CHANGE)
- turn the tables on sb idiom
- twist verb (CHANGE)
- write sb out of sth phrasal verb
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