1. (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.

2. (v.) Favorable to pliancy.

accessible acquiescent adaptable adaptive adjustable agreeable alacritous amenable ardent bendable bending biddable complaisant compliant conformable consenting content convenient cooperative disposed docile ductile eager elastic enthusiastic extensible extensile fabricable facile fain favorable favorably disposed favorably inclined feasible fictile flexible flexile flexuous foolproof formable formative forward game giving handy impressible impressionable in the mind in the mood inclined influenceable like putty limber lissome lithe lithesome malleable manageable maneuverable minded moldable movable obedient open open-minded other-directed persuadable persuasible pervious plastic pliable practical predisposed prompt prone quick ready ready and willing receptive responsive sensitive sequacious shapable spongy springy suasible submissive suggestible supple susceptible swayable tractable tractile unaustere undemanding unexacting unharsh unsevere unstrict untroublesome weak well-disposed well-inclined whippy wieldable wieldy willed willing willinghearted willowy yielding zealous