pliableness
11Suppleness — Sup ple*ness, n. The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy. [1913 Webster] …
12pliable — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from plier to bend, fold more at ply Date: 14th century 1. a. supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking b. yielding readily to others ; complaisant 2. adjustable to varying …
13pliable — pliability, pliableness, n. pliably, adv. /pluy euh beuhl/, adj. 1. easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather. 2. easily influenced or persuaded; yielding: the pliable mind of youth. 3. adjusting readily to change; adaptable. [1425 75; late… …
14pliability — noun The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness …
15bounce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rebound, recoil; leap; slang, eject (See ejection). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To rebound] Syn. ricochet, recoil, carom, glance off, spring back, leap, hop, skip, bob, buck, jump, bound, jerk up and down …
16elasticity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Great flexibility Nouns 1. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, buoyancy, extensibility, ductility, stretch, rebound, adaptability. See vigor, expansion. 2. (elastic material) rubber, India… …
17give — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bestow, donate (see giving); give up, yield, concede. v. i. give in, give way, surrender, yield. n. elasticity.See relinquishment. Ant., take. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To transfer] Syn. grant, bestow …
18softness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of yielding readily to pressure Nouns 1. softness, pliableness, pliancy, pliability, flexibility; malleability; ductility, tractility; extendability, extensibility; plasticity; flaccidity,… …
19spring — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. leap, bound, dart, start; bounce, recoil, rebound; arise, rise; result or derive from; release; detonate; reveal, disclose; bend, twist; slang, release, bail. See liberation. n. leap, bound;… …
20adaptability — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. changeability, flexibility, versatility, adjustability, ambidexterity, many sidedness, tractability, conformability, ductility, accommodativeness, pliableness, pliancy, malleability, amenability, docility, compliancy,… …
