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compliable

compliable adjective: bendable; able to bend.

Adjective

compliable (comparative more compliable, superlative most compliable)

  1. Bendable; able to bend.
  2. (figuratively) Capable of yielding to another, or willing to do so; compliant.
    • another compliable mind1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC
    • The Jews […] had made their religion compliable, and accommodated to their passions.1746, John Jortin, Discourses Concerning the Truth of the Christian Religion

Antonyms of compliable

Forms of compliable

comparativemore compliable
superlativemost compliable

Origin of compliable

From comply + -able.

Questions about compliable

What does compliable mean?
Compliable means bendable; able to bend.
What part of speech is compliable?
Compliable is an adjective.

Words near compliable in the dictionary

  1. complexone
  2. complexones
  3. complextro
  4. complexus
  5. complexuses
  6. compliable
  7. compliance
  8. compliance car
  9. compliance cars
  10. compliance companies
  11. compliance company

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