| ADJECTIVE | all | flexible | capable of being changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | flexible, flexile | able to flex | |
| all | flexible, elastic, pliable, pliant | able to adjust readily to different conditions | |
| all | flexible, whippy | bending and snapping back readily without breaking / breaking | |
| all | flexible, compromising, conciliatory | making or willing to make concessions |
| Sounds | fleh'ksahbahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Capable of being changed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "flexible schedules" | |
| Narrower | limber, supple | (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable |
| negotiable, on the table | able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise | |
| Opposite | inflexible | incapable of change |
| Spanish | flexible | |
| Catalan | flexible | |
| Nouns | flexibleness | the quality of being adaptable or variable |
| Adverbs | flexibly | with flexibility |
| Meaning | able to flex; able to bend easily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "slim flexible birches" | |
| Synonym | flexile | |
| Narrower | bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy | capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking / breaking |
| double-jointed | Having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers | |
| limber, supple | (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely | |
| limber | (used of artifacts) easily bent | |
| spinnable, spinnbar | capable of being spun into fibres | |
| stretched | (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching | |
| See also | elastic | capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression |
| Opposite | inflexible | resistant to being bent / bent |
| Spanish | flexible | |
| Catalan | flexible | |
| Nouns | flexibility, flexibleness | the property of being flexible |
| Verbs | flex | cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked / crooked or angular form |
| Meaning | able to adjust readily to different conditions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a flexible personality" | |
| Synonyms | elastic, pliable, pliant | |
| Broader | adaptable | capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use |
| Spanish | elástico, flexible | |
| Nouns | flexibility, flexibleness | the quality of being adaptable or variable |
| Meaning | bending and snapping back readily without breaking / breaking. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | whippy | |
| Broader | elastic | capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression |
| Catalan | flexible | |
| Nouns | flexibility, flexibleness | the property of being flexible |
| Meaning | making or willing to make concessions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | compromising, conciliatory | |
| Narrower | yielding | tending to give ... / give in or surrender or agree / agree |
| Opposite | uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible | not making concessions |
| Spanish | acomodaticio, conciliador, flexible | |
| Catalan | conciliador | |
| Nouns | flexibility | the trait of being easily persuaded |
| flexibleness | the quality of being adaptable or variable | |
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