pliableness
Ease of bending
Pliableness is the quality of being easily bent, shaped, or influenced.
The word applies to physical materials—the pliableness of warm wax or soft leather—and to people who yield readily to persuasion or pressure: Her pliableness made her an easy target for manipulation.
The more common form is pliability.
Readiness to submit
- submissivenessDisposition to obey others
- tractabilityReadiness to be guided
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- amenabilityReadiness to yield
obedience · deference · meekness · biddability · agreeableness · cooperativeness · conformability · manageability
Capacity to be shaped
- formabilityEase of being shaped
- workabilityEase of handling material
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
impressionability · softness · manipulability · deformability · squashability · mushiness · doughiness · waxiness
Capacity for varied applications
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
- modifiabilityCapacity to be adjusted
- convertibilityCapacity for free exchange
- alterabilityCapacity to be changed
flexibility · accommodation · reconfigurability · mutability · changeability · transformability · responsiveness · open-mindedness
Capacity to bend easily
- bendabilityCapacity to flex
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
give · lissomeness · springiness · stretchability · willowiness · litheness · whippiness · bounciness
Tendency to resume original form
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- springbackElastic return to shape
- bouncebackRecovery from adversity
- reboundReturn after deflection
buoyancy · springiness · returnability · flexibility · give-and-take
docility
Readiness to submit
- submissivenessDisposition to obey others
- tractabilityReadiness to be guided
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
amenability · obedience · deference · meekness · biddability · agreeableness · cooperativeness · conformability · manageability · receptiveness
moldability
Capacity to be shaped
- formabilityEase of being shaped
- workabilityEase of handling material
- plasticityAbility to change shape
ductility · impressionability · softness · manipulability · deformability · squashability · mushiness · doughiness · waxiness · claylike
versatility
Capacity for varied applications
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
- modifiabilityCapacity to be adjusted
- convertibilityCapacity for free exchange
alterability · flexibility · accommodation · reconfigurability · mutability · changeability · transformability · responsiveness · open-mindedness · teachability
suppleness
Capacity to bend easily
- bendabilityCapacity to flex
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
softness · give · lissomeness · springiness · stretchability · willowiness · litheness · whippiness · bounciness · squishiness
elasticity
Tendency to resume original form
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- springbackElastic return to shape
- bouncebackRecovery from adversity
rebound · buoyancy · springiness · returnability · flexibility · give-and-take
pliablenessrigidity
State of being unbending
stiffness · inflexibility · hardness · brittleness · rigidness
pliablenessstubbornness
Refusal to yield
obstinacy · inflexibility · rigidity · obduracy · willfulness
duplicate, explicit, pliable, compliance, pliant, compliant, implicit, complicate, complying