Elastic synonyms and antonyms
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Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
Tending to stretch too far
Tending or being able to expand
Capable of being extended.
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Able to bend the body easily; supple; lithe
inelastic (antonym)
(Economics) Of, relating to, or being a good for which changes in price have little effect on the quantity demanded or supplied:
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
rubberlike
Having the characteristics of rubber
Springy; elastic:
Capable of adapting or being adapted
Recovering strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyant
tensible
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Able to digest or metabolize a food, drug, or other substance or compound:
inadaptable (antonym)
Not adaptable.
inflexible (antonym)
Not easily bent; stiff or rigid.
intolerant (antonym)
Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas. indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.
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ungiving (antonym)
Not giving; ungenerous.
rigid (antonym)
Not flexible or pliant; stiff:
stiff (antonym)
Lacking ease or comfort of movement; not limber:
unyielding (antonym)
Not willing to change or be persuaded; resolute:
Made of a plastic or plastics:
Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
Able to adapt
Capable of receiving an impression:
Readily influenced by suggestion:
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change (related)
Capable of adapting or being adapted
An elastic band made of rubber.
elastic-band
A small, narrow loop of rubber or similar material used to hold items together.
dilatant
Becoming solid, or setting, under pressure, as certain colloidal solutions
distensive
Distending, or capable of being distended
expansional
A large helium or hot-air balloon constructed so as to resemble a figure or object when inflated.
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Adaptable to changing circumstances:
shear (related)
viscous (related)
axially (related)
inextensible (related)
stretchable (related)
tensile (related)
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elastomeric (related)
viscoelastic (related)
compressible (related)
tapered (related)
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