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/ˈplaɪənt/ · adjective
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking..
a pliant thread
pliant wax
Whether in its northern or southern home, the black-throated blue warbler builds its nest of bark, roots, and other pliant material, loose and rather bulky, in a variety of saplings, bushes, and weeds, but always a few inches or a few feet from the ground.
I muſt haue wanton Poets, pleaſant wits, Muſitians, that with touching of a ſtring May draw the pliant king which way I pleaſe: […]
[A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]
Yet there was pleasant sadness that became Meetly the gentle heart and pliant sense, In that same idlesse—gazing on that brook
[The king] had a pliant prime minister and a general who was telling him what he wanted to hear.
The person said one of the reasons the Chinese had been so pliant in development of a joint position on AI governance was that “playing nice” and acting as a “responsible partner” could help foster conversations about relaxation of US trade barriers later down the line.
Use pliant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pliant means Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking..
Common synonyms include flexible, pliable, lithe, limber.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a pliant thread
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