Another word for flexible
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Adjective
Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure
- That can be stretched, drawn, or hammered thin without breaking; not brittle
- Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin:
- Easily molded; plastic; pliant
- Winding or wavering
- Bending or winding alternately from side to side; sinuous.
- Easily controlled or influenced:
- That can be hammered, pounded, or pressed into various shapes without breaking
- Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
- Alternative spelling of mouldable.
- Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
- Made of a plastic or plastics:
- Capable of being shaped or formed:
- Adjusting readily; adaptable
- Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
- Easily bent or molded; flexible
- (Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
- Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
- Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.
- Able to bend and move easily and nimbly; lithe; limber
- Easily bent or twisted; flexible; pliant
- Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant:
- Practicable; feasible
- Capable of functioning.
- Capable of being worked, dealt with, or handled:
See also:Capable of withstanding stress without injury
- Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
- (Economics) Of, relating to, or being a good for which changes in price have a large effect on the quantity demanded or supplied.
- Easily resuming original size or shape after being stretched or otherwise deformed; flexible.
- Able to endure tribulation without cracking.
- Recovering strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyant
- Capable of returning to an original shape or position, as after having been compressed.
- Able to bend and move easily and nimbly; lithe; limber
- Easily bent or twisted; flexible; pliant
- Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant:
- Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
- Made of a plastic or plastics:
- Capable of being shaped or formed:
See also:Easily altered or influenced
- That can be stretched, drawn, or hammered thin without breaking; not brittle
- Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin:
- Easily molded; plastic; pliant
- Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
- (Economics) Of, relating to, or being a good for which changes in price have a large effect on the quantity demanded or supplied.
- Easily resuming original size or shape after being stretched or otherwise deformed; flexible.
- Readily or easily influenced; suggestible:
- Easily affected by impressions; esp., capable of being influenced intellectually, emotionally, or morally; sensitive
- Capable of receiving an impression:
- Easily controlled or influenced:
- That can be hammered, pounded, or pressed into various shapes without breaking
- Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
- Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
- Made of a plastic or plastics:
- Capable of being shaped or formed:
- Adjusting readily; adaptable
- Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
- Easily bent or molded; flexible
- That can be suggested
- Susceptible to influence by suggestion.
- Readily influenced by suggestion, often, specif., through hypnosis
- Able to bend and move easily and nimbly; lithe; limber
- Easily bent or twisted; flexible; pliant
- Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant:
See also:Capable of adapting or being adapted
- Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
- Readily capable of adapting or of being adapted:
- Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
- (Economics) Of, relating to, or being a good for which changes in price have a large effect on the quantity demanded or supplied.
- Easily resuming original size or shape after being stretched or otherwise deformed; flexible.
- Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
- That can be hammered, pounded, or pressed into various shapes without breaking
- Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
- Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
- Adjusting readily; adaptable
- Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
- Easily bent or molded; flexible
- (Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
- Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.
- Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
- Easily bent or twisted; flexible; pliant
- Moving and bending with agility; limber:
- Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant:
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Another word for flexible
Modifier
Pliant
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
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