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Showing words for PLIANT using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Pliant

plaint, pliant

5 Letter Words for Pliant

altin, inapt, lapin, latin, paint, patin, pinta, plain, plait, plant

4 Letter Words for Pliant

aint, alin, anil, anti, atip, atli, inta, intl, ital, lain, lait, lant, lati, lina, lint, lipa, nail, natl, nipa, pail, pain, pali, palt, pant, pial, pian, pila, pina, pint, pita, plan, plat, plia, tail, tain, tali

3 Letter Words for Pliant

ail, ain, ait, aln, alp, alt, ant, apl, apt, atp, int, ipl, ita, lai, lan, lap, lat, lin, lip, lit, lpn, nap, nat, nil, nip, nit, pal, pan, pat, pia, pil, pin, pit, pli, pta, tai, tal, tan, tap, til, tin, tip, tln, tpi

Definitions for Pliant

[1] bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
[2] easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant: He has a pliant nature.
[3] easily bent; supple a pliant young tree
[4] easily modified; adaptable; flexible a pliant system
[5] yielding readily to influence; compliant

Words related to Pliant

docile, compliant, pliable, supple, malleable, obedient, tractable, yielding, adaptable, elastic, flexible, limber, plastic, amenable, ductile, governable, lissome, manageable, soft, susceptible

Words nearby Pliant

pleyel, plf, plf., pli, pliable, pliant, plica, plicate, plication, plicotomy, plier

Origin of Pliant

1300–50; Middle English < Old French, present participle of plier to ply2; see -ant

Other words from Pliant

pli·an·cy , pli·ant·ness , noun
pli·ant·ly , adverb
non·pli·an·cy , noun
non·pli·ant , adjective
non·pli·ant·ly , adverb
non·pli·ant·ness , noun
un·pli·an·cy , noun
un·pli·ant , adjective
un·pli·ant·ly , adverb
un·pli·ant·ness , noun

Word origin for Pliant

C14: from Old French, from plier to fold, bend; see ply ²

Synonyms for Pliant

compliant, docile, pliable, obedient, tractable, yielding