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Synonyms for flexible
ˈflɛk sə bəlflex·i·ble
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Princeton's WordNet
flexibleadjective
capable of being changed
"flexible schedules"
Synonyms:
compromising, flexile, whippy, elastic, pliant, pliable, conciliatoryAntonyms:
unadaptable, adamantine, stiff, inexorable, rock-ribbed, adamant, inelastic, ossified, ironclad, intransigent, die-hard(a), fossilised, hard-core, inflexible, muscle-bound, rigid, brassbound, semirigid, fossilizedflexible, flexileadjective
able to flex; able to bend easily
"slim flexible birches"
Synonyms:
conciliatory, elastic, pliant, compromising, whippy, flexile, pliableAntonyms:
muscle-bound, ossified, fossilised, inelastic, stiff, semirigid, fossilized, inflexible, brassbound, adamant, ironclad, intransigent, rock-ribbed, adamantine, rigid, unadaptable, inexorable, hard-core, die-hard(a)elastic, flexible, pliable, pliantadjective
able to adjust readily to different conditions
"an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
Synonyms:
conciliatory, bendable, tractile, waxy, elastic, pliant, ductile, compromising, tensile, whippy, malleable, flexile, fictile, plastic, pliableAntonyms:
inflexible, ironclad, hard-core, fossilised, semirigid, unadaptable, rock-ribbed, intransigent, rigid, die-hard(a), stiff, adamant, brassbound, ossified, muscle-bound, adamantine, inelastic, fossilized, inexorableflexible, whippyadjective
bending and snapping back readily without breaking
Synonyms:
conciliatory, elastic, pliant, compromising, whippy, flexile, pliableAntonyms:
fossilized, inelastic, adamantine, intransigent, inexorable, rock-ribbed, unadaptable, brassbound, fossilised, muscle-bound, inflexible, rigid, ossified, stiff, semirigid, die-hard(a), adamant, ironclad, hard-corecompromising, conciliatory, flexibleadjective
making or willing to make concessions
"loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
Synonyms:
conciliatory, conciliative, whippy, elastic, pliant, compromising, flexile, pliableAntonyms:
fossilised, semirigid, rock-ribbed, intransigent, adamant, inflexible, muscle-bound, brassbound, ossified, ironclad, fossilized, stiff, inelastic, inexorable, adamantine, unadaptable, hard-core, rigid, die-hard(a)
Editors Contribution
yieldable
Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
flexibleadjective
Synonyms:
pliable, supple, flexile, pliant, lithe, limber, compliant, yieldingAntonyms:
inflexible, incompliant
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
flexible
Synonyms:
Flexile
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#3722 | flexible | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#5172 | flexibility | |
#8390 | floppy | |
#9114 | flex | |
#9231 | adaptive | |
#10434 | versatile | |
#11038 | responsive | |
#11130 | elastic | |
#18644 | agile | |
#18856 | yielding | |
#24283 | resilient | |
#25117 | tensile | |
#25485 | adaptable | |
#25632 | compromising | |
#29634 | supple | |
#41963 | indulgent | |
#44422 | nimble | |
#49824 | ductile | |
#50129 | flexibly | |
#54519 | waxy | |
#57458 | malleable | |
#57879 | pliable | |
#78984 | conciliatory | |
#83606 | lithe | |
#86641 | bendable | |
#89266 | pliant | |
#237040 | whippy |
How to use flexible in a sentence?
The Fed clearly wants to be flexible. They are clearly worried about some of the global tensions that are out there, whether it is trade or Brexit or some of those international developments.
You just don't know how many extra doses, so you have to have this flexible pool of people sort of waiting in the wings on 10 minutes notice to get the vaccine, we did it with teachers.
Small island countries need that confidence ... to accept a treaty that does not have 2 degrees guaranteed anywhere, it has to be flexible enough to allow for greater ambition, that's what all the component parts must add up to.
They play, they mess around, they seem to be pretty resilient, pretty versatile, flexible.
Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.
Translations for flexible
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- مرنArabic
- esnekAzerbaijani
- податлив, приспособяващ се, гъвкавBulgarian
- flexibleCatalan, Valencian
- ohebnýCzech
- fleksibel, smidig, føjeligDanish
- elastisch, nachgiebig, weich, flexibel, dehnbar, fügsam, biegsamGerman
- ευέλικτος, εύκαμπτοςGreek
- flekseblaEsperanto
- flexibleSpanish
- paindlikEstonian
- joustavaFinnish
- maléable, flexibleFrench
- solúbtha, aclaíIrish
- lùbachScottish Gaelic
- flexíbel, flexibleGalician
- so-lhoobeyManx
- लचीलाHindi
- rugalmas, alkalmazkodó, hajlékonyHungarian
- ճկուն, զիջողArmenian
- sveigjanlegurIcelandic
- flessibile, pieghevoleItalian
- 柔軟なJapanese
- អាចបត់បែនបានKhmer
- ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವKannada
- flexibilisLatin
- buigzaam, flexibelDutch
- fleksibelNorwegian
- ନମନୀୟOriya
- flexívelPortuguese
- flexibilRomanian
- гибкий, покладистыйRussian
- flexibel, böjbarSwedish
- esneklik, elastikTurkish
- Linh hoạtVietnamese
- 灵活Chinese
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