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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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#2052 | soft | |
#2272 | plastic | |
#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?
If we measure ourselves by how much we stick to the plan, that's not good for motivation, there's a fine line between keeping structure and keeping your to-do list and also being very flexible. Because things change and they change on a daily basis.
I hope there is an age limit, you know, if I were just 80 years old, if I was 15 years younger, I dont believe I could undertake the duties that I experienced when I was president. For one thing, you have to be very flexible with your mind. You have to be able to go from one sector to another and concentrate on each one adequately.
We didn't design this as a point solution but a very flexible solution that we could outfit with payloads, sensors, different mission sets to complement whatever their fleet is, don't think of it as a specific product that is tailored to do only one mission.
We are rapidly moving towards an Internet-dependent economy, where opportunities such as flexible working hours and more effective ways to find riders and drivers are only made possible with the efficient transfer of information.
We should be flexible to change that which has not yielded results, the paradigm based essentially in prohibitionism, the so-called 'War on Drugs' ... (which) has not been able to limit production, trafficking nor the global consumption of drugs.
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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