Definition of: supple

(sup′əl) adjective
1. Easily bent; flexible; pliant: a supple bow.
2. Yielding to the humor or wishes of others; especially, servilely compliant; obsequious.
3. Of the mind, showing adaptability; elastic; easily changing.
—v.t. & v.i. ·pled, ·pling To make or become supple. [<OF supple, sople <L supplex, -icis submissive, lit., bending under <sub- under + stem of plicare fold]
—sup′ple·ly adverb
—sup′ple·ness noun Synonyms (adj.): compliant, elastic, fawning, flexible, limber, lissom, lithe, lithesome, obsequious, pliable, pliant, soft, submissive, willowy, yielding. See ACTIVE, OBSEQUIOUS. Antonyms: firm, fixed, inflexible, obstinate, pertinacious, rigid, stiff, stubborn, unbending, unyielding.