Synonyms for elastic
ɪˈlæs tɪkelas·tic

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1. elasticadjective

   Synonyms:
   stretchy, stretchable

2. elasticadjective

   Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.

   Running shorts use elastic to eliminate the need for a belt.

   Synonyms:
   stretchable, stretchy

3. elasticadjective

   An elastic band.

   elastic band

   Synonyms:
   stretchy, stretchable

4. elasticadjective

   Of clothing, elasticated.

   Synonyms:
   stretchy, stretchable

5. elasticadjective

   Sensitive to changes in price.

   Demand for entertainment is more elastic than demand for energy.

   Synonyms:
   stretchy, stretchable

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1. elastic

   Synonyms:
   ductile, extensile, alterable, resilient, modifiable, flexible, buoyant, springy

   Antonyms:
   tough, unchangeable, rigid, inflexible, inelastic, crystallized, dull, inert

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1. rubber band, elastic band, elasticnoun

   a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together

   Synonyms:
   rubber band, elastic band

   Antonyms:
   nonresilient, dead, inelastic, unadaptable, springless

2. elasticadjective

   a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material

   Synonyms:
   rubber band, elastic band

   Antonyms:
   inelastic, springless, dead, nonresilient, unadaptable

3. elasticadjective

   capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy

   "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"

   Synonyms:
   pliant, flexible, pliable

   Antonyms:
   springless, dead, nonresilient, unadaptable, inelastic

4. 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, pliant, ductile, compromising, tensile, whippy, malleable, flexile, fictile, plastic, pliable

   Antonyms:
   dead, nonresilient, springless, unadaptable, inelastic

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1. hair tie

   as most know, the hair tie, is indeed, elastic.

   "aww, my elastic broke!"

   Submitted by rinat on September 3, 2019  

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1. elasticadjective

   Synonyms:
   springy, rebounding, resilient, recoiling

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1. elasticadjective

   Synonyms:
   resilient, springy, extensible, ductile, rebounding, tensible

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1. List of paraphrases for "elastic":

   compressible, elasticity, snap, bungee, stretchy, bouncy, resilient, inelastic, stretch, yield

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1. Melissa Piliang:

   Once the elastic is failed and they’re not staying in place and causing extra rubbing and shifting around, it’s time to throw them out and get some new ones.

2. Henry David Thoreau:

   If the day and the night are such that you greet them with with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, more elastic, more starry, more immortal--that is your success.

3. Geraint Thomas:

   Adam Yates were in the perfect position when it split - Adam Yates all committed when Adam Yates needed to, when they tried to close it as quickly as possible but couldn't manage it, that's when the elastic snapped and Adam Yates really gained a bit of time.

4. Alberto Perlman:

   We envision as the headsets get lighter and the technology gets better, you’ll be able to be in a Zumba class at home, the average person will go into a store, buy a piece of elastic casing, put it on their phone, and download the class.

5. Jeffrey Swanson:

   It’s an elastic boundary, a rubber ruler, about 48 million people in the U.S. have some kind of diagnosable mental illness.