Flexible synonyms and antonyms
flĕk'sə-bəl
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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.
Informal and entertaining without confronting difficult issues or hard facts:
like putty
Pliant
The quality of being elastic.
Susceptible to; disposed toward; capable of being persuaded.
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lissomeness
The quality of being lissome.
unsevere
The definition of resilient is someone or something that bounces back into shape or recovers quickly.
(Computers) Of or relating to a programming language or a system that can be modified by changing or adding features.
Easily bent or molded; flexible
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like wax
Pliant
Capable of being modified; subject to modification.
Winding or wavering
That can be stretched; elastic
loose-limbed
Characterized by loose, supple movement of the arms and legs
double-jointed
Possessing hypermobility of the joints
inflexible (antonym)
Not easily bent; stiff or rigid.
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unadaptable (antonym)
Not adaptable.
tailored (related)
That can be managed; controllable, tractable, contrivable, etc.
Readily bent; supple:
Flexibility is defined as the ability to change, to bend, or to persuade.
Alternative form of manoeuvrability.
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unresponsive (antonym)
Exhibiting a lack of responsiveness.
Capable of being stretched.
stiff (antonym)
Difficult to do or deal with
Resembling a willow tree, especially:
formable
Able to be formed.
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hard (antonym)
Using or based on data that are readily quantified or verified:
rigid (antonym)
Not flexible or pliant; stiff:
resistant (antonym)
Capable of, offering, or showing resistance. Often used in combination:
unbendable (antonym)
Not bendable
Readily influenced by suggestion:
Able to adapt
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change (related)
Capable of adapting or being adapted
Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions
cost-effective (related)
robust (related)
The definition of ductile is easily stretched out without breaking.
Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation:
Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable:
Having many springs of water
Moving and bending with agility; limber:
(Mathematics) Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution.
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The definition of versatile is having many uses.
Inclined to give way to pressure, argument, or influence; docile.
The state or quality of being amenable.
incompliant (antonym)
Not compliant; not yielding; not pliant
stubborn (antonym)
Refusing to yield, obey, or comply; resisting doggedly or unreasonably; resolute or obstinate
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unyielding (antonym)
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.
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Made of a plastic or plastics:
Capable of functioning.
Susceptible of impression; capable of receiving impressions; emotional.
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)
Pliant
docile (related)
The definition of docile is defined as a passive person or thing.
The state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
Extensible.
Porous
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.
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, soft, like putty, elasticity, amenable, adjustable, lissomeness, unsevere and resilient.
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