adj. 25B6; adjective
leather is pliable : FLEXIBLE, pliant, bendable, elastic, supple, malleable, workable, plastic, springy, ductile; informal bendy.
pliable teenage minds : MALLEABLE, impressionable, flexible, adaptable, pliant, compliant, biddable, tractable, yielding, amenable, susceptible, suggestible, persuadable, manipulable, receptive.
rigid, obdurate.