| NOUN | attribute | flexibility, flexibleness | the property of being flexible |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | flexibility, flexibleness | the quality of being adaptable or variable | |
| attribute | flexibility, tractability, tractableness | the trait of being easily persuaded |
| Sounds | fleh.ksahbih'lahtiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | The property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped. | |
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| Synonym | flexibleness | |
| Narrower | bendability, pliability | The property of being easily bent without breaking / breaking / breaking |
| whip | (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club | |
| Broader | malleability, plasticity | The property of being physically malleable |
| Opposite | inflexibility, inflexibleness | A lack of physical flexibility |
| Spanish | flexibilidad | |
| Catalan | flexibilitat | |
| Adjectives | flexible | able to flex |
| flexible | bending and snapping back readily without breaking / breaking | |
| Meaning | The quality of being adaptable or variable. | |
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| Example | "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement" | |
| Synonym | flexibleness | |
| Narrower | wiggle room | flexibility of interpretation or of options |
| Broader | adaptability | The ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances |
| Opposite | inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness | The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe |
| Spanish | flexibilidad | |
| Catalan | flexibilitat | |
| Adjectives | flexible | able to adjust readily to different conditions |
| Meaning | The trait of being easily persuaded. | |
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| Synonyms | tractability, tractableness | |
| Attributes | intractable | not tractable |
| tractable, manipulable | easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) | |
| Narrower | amenability, amenableness, cooperativeness | The trait of being cooperative |
| docility | The trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable | |
| manageability, manageableness | capable of being managed or controlled | |
| obedience | The trait of being willing / willing to obey | |
| tameness, domestication | The attribute of having been domesticated | |
| Broader | trait | A distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
| Opposite | intractability, intractableness | The trait of being hard to influence or control |
| Spanish | docilidad, tratabilidad | |
| Adjectives | flexible | making or willing to make concessions |
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