Flexible synonyms
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Part of speech:
Able to spring back to its original size, shape, or position after being stretched, squeezed, flexed, expanded, etc.; flexible; springy
Like rubber in appearance, elasticity, toughness, etc.
Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
like putty
Pliant
Informal and entertaining without confronting difficult issues or hard facts:
The quality of being elastic.
Susceptible to; disposed toward; capable of being persuaded.
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lissomeness
The quality of being lissome.
unsevere
(Computers) Of or relating to a programming language or a system that can be modified by changing or adding features.
Winding or wavering
Capable of being modified; subject to modification.
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Easily bent or molded; flexible
like wax
Pliant
That can be stretched; elastic
The definition of resilient is someone or something that bounces back into shape or recovers quickly.
loose-limbed
Characterized by loose, supple movement of the arms and legs
double-jointed
Possessing hypermobility of the joints
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That can be managed; controllable, tractable, contrivable, etc.
Capable of being stretched.
Flexibility is defined as the ability to change, to bend, or to persuade.
Alternative form of manoeuvrability.
rigid (antonym)
Not flexible or pliant; stiff:
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docile (related)
The definition of docile is defined as a passive person or thing.
Resembling a willow tree, especially:
unbendable (antonym)
Not bendable
Readily influenced by suggestion:
Able to adapt
Able to bend and move easily and nimbly; lithe; limber
stiff (antonym)
Difficult to do or deal with
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Readily bent; supple:
formable
Able to be formed.
Easily affected by impressions; esp., capable of being influenced intellectually, emotionally, or morally; sensitive
hard (antonym)
Using or based on data that are readily quantified or verified:
resistant (antonym)
Capable of, offering, or showing resistance. Often used in combination:
change (related)
Capable of adapting or being adapted
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Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions
cost-effective (related)
robust (related)
Pliant
Marked by resilience; elastic.
Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable:
Easily stretched without breaking or lowering in material strength. Gold is relatively ductile at room temperature, and most metals become more ductile with increasing temperature.
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Extensible.
Porous
The definition of tractable is someone or something easy to manage, control or handle.
Bending easily; flexible
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.
Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation:
The definition of versatile is having many uses.
The state or quality of being amenable.
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The state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
incompliant (antonym)
Not compliant; not yielding; not pliant
inflexible (antonym)
Not easily bent; stiff or rigid.
stubborn (antonym)
Refusing to yield, obey, or comply; resisting doggedly or unreasonably; resolute or obstinate
unadaptable (antonym)
Not adaptable.
unresponsive (antonym)
Exhibiting a lack of responsiveness.
unyielding (antonym)
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obstinate (antonym)
Difficult to manage, control, or treat:
stern (antonym)
Showing or expressing displeasure or disapproval; forbidding or harsh:
unaccommodating (antonym)
Not accommodating.
ornery (antonym)
Having an ugly or mean disposition
brittle (antonym)
Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure:
unpliable (antonym)
Not pliable.
Made of a plastic or plastics:
Capable of functioning.
flexible (related)
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
uncompromising (antonym)
Unwilling to grant concessions or negotiate; inflexible:
unaustere
unstrict
unharsh
flexibly (related)
streamlined (related)
modular (related)
efficient (related)
structured (related)
flexibile (related)
tailored (related)
Synonym Study
- Supple is applied to that which is easily bent, twisted, or folded without breaking, cracking, etc. kidskin is supple
- Resilient implies ability to spring back into shape after being deformed, esp. by compression resilient skin, and in figurative use suggests an ease in returning to good health or spirits a resilient attitude towards life
- Elastic implies ability to return without permanent injury to the original size or shape after being stretched, expanded, etc. an elastic garter
- Flexible refers to anything that can be bent without breaking, whether or not it returns to its original form a flexible wire
Find another word for flexible. In this page you can discover 92 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for flexible, like: elastic, rubbery, adaptable, like putty, soft, elasticity, amenable, lissomeness, unsevere, limber and extensible.