Antonyms for flexible
ˈflɛk sə bəlflex·i·ble

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1. flexible

   Antonyms:
   tough, rigid, inelastic, inflexible, hard, inexorable

   Synonyms:
   pliant, lithe, supple, elastic, easy, indulgent, ductile, flexile, yielding, pliable

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1. flexibleadjective

   capable of being changed

   "flexible schedules"

   Antonyms:
   unadaptable, adamantine, stiff, inexorable, rock-ribbed, adamant, inelastic, ossified, ironclad, intransigent, die-hard(a), fossilised, hard-core, inflexible, muscle-bound, rigid, brassbound, semirigid, fossilized

   Synonyms:
   compromising, flexile, whippy, elastic, pliant, pliable, conciliatory

2. flexible, flexileadjective

   able to flex; able to bend easily

   "slim flexible birches"

   Antonyms:
   muscle-bound, ossified, fossilised, inelastic, stiff, semirigid, fossilized, inflexible, brassbound, adamant, ironclad, intransigent, rock-ribbed, adamantine, rigid, unadaptable, inexorable, hard-core, die-hard(a)

   Synonyms:
   conciliatory, elastic, pliant, compromising, whippy, flexile, pliable

3. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliantadjective

   able to adjust readily to different conditions

   "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"

   Antonyms:
   inflexible, ironclad, hard-core, fossilised, semirigid, unadaptable, rock-ribbed, intransigent, rigid, die-hard(a), stiff, adamant, brassbound, ossified, muscle-bound, adamantine, inelastic, fossilized, inexorable

   Synonyms:
   conciliatory, bendable, tractile, waxy, elastic, pliant, ductile, compromising, tensile, whippy, malleable, flexile, fictile, plastic, pliable

4. flexible, whippyadjective

   bending and snapping back readily without breaking

   Antonyms:
   fossilized, inelastic, adamantine, intransigent, inexorable, rock-ribbed, unadaptable, brassbound, fossilised, muscle-bound, inflexible, rigid, ossified, stiff, semirigid, die-hard(a), adamant, ironclad, hard-core

   Synonyms:
   conciliatory, elastic, pliant, compromising, whippy, flexile, pliable

5. compromising, conciliatory, flexibleadjective

   making or willing to make concessions

   "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"

   Antonyms:
   fossilised, semirigid, rock-ribbed, intransigent, adamant, inflexible, muscle-bound, brassbound, ossified, ironclad, fossilized, stiff, inelastic, inexorable, adamantine, unadaptable, hard-core, rigid, die-hard(a)

   Synonyms:
   conciliatory, conciliative, whippy, elastic, pliant, compromising, flexile, pliable

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1. flexibleadjective

   Antonyms:
   inflexible, incompliant

   Synonyms:
   pliable, supple, flexile, pliant, lithe, limber, compliant, yielding

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flexible

   Synonyms:
   Flexile

How to use flexible in a sentence?

1. Tim Smith:

   I think people, COVID or not, are looking for a more adaptable work environment. R. Riveter is embracing being flexible as a strength rather than a burden, i think it will be a growing part of every industry.

2. Michael Caputo:

   Today, CDC has access to all the data it once had and more. National Healthcare Safety Network was unable to keep up with the fast-paced data collection demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, using this new, innovative and flexible collection mechanism, we have far more COVID-related real data, far faster, giving us increased capacity for life-saving projects like therapeutics distribution. And we are now poised to move to automated data collection for the use of every relevant expert at HHS, particularly The CDC.

3. The FAA:

   We have tried to be flexible in writing these rules, we want to maintain today's outstanding level of aviation safety without placing an undue regulatory burden on an emerging industry.

4. Segafredo Zanetti:

   We need fresh funds to grow and vie with the giant rivals we face on global markets, The multinational groups in the coffee market are less fast and flexible than small groups like us, but they can count on very large organizations and budgets.

5. Yoo Ho-yeol:

   The key point of discussion will have to be the U.N. sanctions on the North's weapons of mass destruction program, the message by the North may be that it is willing to be flexible on the issue.

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