Qualities
Synonyms for pliant
The synonym for pliant recorded in this bank is plastic, in the sense "capable of being influenced or formed". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for pliant
- plasticadjective, in the sense "capable of being influenced or formed"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for pliant.
capable of being influenced or formed
A pliant nature.
The true synonym
plastic
Same sentence, swapped: A plastic nature.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for pliant in the sentence quoted.
- tensile
- consenting
- feasible
Where pliant turns up in the game
pliant is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where pliant is the trap
- maneuverableadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is manoeuvrable, in the sense "capable of maneuvering or changing position", so pliant is there to be ruled out.
- waxyadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is waxen, in the sense "having the paleness of wax", so pliant is there to be ruled out.
Play pliant
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pliant reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company pliant keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pliant carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.