SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
ductile
adjective
Able to be drawn into wire or shaped; figuratively, easily led or influenced.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Able to be drawn or shaped
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Return to topDuctile specifically concerns deformation under pulling; malleable concerns shaping under compression.
Easily influenced
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Return to topThis figurative use describes susceptibility to influence rather than a physical property.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See ductile in use
The writer portrays a ductile audience that accepts each new claim without question.
A ductile metal sample in the adjoining studio could be drawn into a thin wire without breaking, giving students a literal example of material flexibility.
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