<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.</li><li>Synonyms: flexile, pliable.</li><li>easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant: He has a pliant nature.</li><li>Synonyms: docile, tractable, manageable, flexile, pliable.</li></ul>