Synonyms for FLEXIBLE
ˈflɛk sə bəlflex·i·ble

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1. flexible

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

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

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1. flexibleadjective

   capable of being changed

   "flexible schedules"

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

   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

2. flexible, flexileadjective

   able to flex; able to bend easily

   "slim flexible birches"

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

   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)

3. 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, flexible, tractile, waxy, elastic, pliant, ductile, compromising, tensile, whippy, malleable, flexile, fictile, plastic, pliable

   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

4. flexible, whippyadjective

   bending and snapping back readily without breaking

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

   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

5. compromising, 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, flexible, elastic, pliant, compromising, flexile, pliable

   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)

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1. yieldable

   Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019  

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1. flexibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   pliable, pliant, limber, flexible, lithe, supple, not stiff, not rigid, easily bent

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1. flexibleadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   inflexible, incompliant

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1. List of paraphrases for "flexible":

   flexibility, flex, flexibly, adaptable, responsive, flexible, agile, soft, pliable, versatile, resilient, nimble, supple, adaptive, floppy, smooth

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1. flexible

   Synonyms:
   Flexile

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1. Anthony Fauci:

   It's not too soon if you observe the caveat that's associated with that. And the caveat is, we need to be flexible, and if in fact we do see a turnaround and a resurgence, we have to be able to pivot and go back to any degree of mitigation that is commensurate with what the situation is, we can't just say that' we are done now ; we're going to move on.' We've got to be able to be flexible, because we are dealing with a dynamic situation.

2. Sam Safa:

   I hope the state of New Hampshire is a little flexible about keeping her anonymous.

3. Mirta Rinaldi:

   One of my students was from Sweden, another was from California. People come from all over, it is a very flexible schedule that we have and it is fun. I find that I don't have students so much as I have new friends.

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5. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka:

   The European Union must change quickly, not because Britain has left, but because the European project needs much stronger support of its citizens. Europe must be more ready to act, be flexible, less bureaucratic and much more sensible to the diversity that the 27 member states represent.