English > elastic: 4 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy. |
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| Examples | - "an elastic band"
- "a youthful and elastic walk"
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| Narrower | bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy | elastic |
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| chewy | (of a consistency) requiring chewing |
| elasticized, elasticised | made with strands or inserts of elastic |
| expandable, expandible, expansible, expansile | (of gases) capable of expansion |
| fictile, moldable, plastic | capable of being molded / molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material) |
| flexible, whippy | bending and snapping back readily without breaking / breaking |
| rubbery, rubberlike | Having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness |
| springlike | resembling a spring or the action of a spring |
| stretch | easily stretched |
| stretchable, stretchy | capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape |
| viscoelastic | Having viscous as well as elastic properties |
| See also | flexible, flexile | able to flex |
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| Opposite | inelastic | not elastic |
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| Spanish | elástico |
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| Catalan | elàstic |
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| Nouns | elastic | a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material |
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| elastic | a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together |
| elasticity | the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed |
