All flexible synonyms
flexΒ·iΒ·ble
F f adj flexible
- adaptable β If you describe a person or animal as adaptable, you mean that they are able to change their ideas or behaviour in order to deal with new situations.
- soft β yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
- malleable β capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers.
- flexile β flexible; pliant; tractable; adaptable.
- adjustable β If something is adjustable, it can be changed to different positions or sizes.
- bending β to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- ductile β (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire.
- formative β giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
- impressionable β easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- limber β characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
- lithe β bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- plastic β Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- pliant β bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- spongy β of the nature of or resembling a sponge; light, porous, and elastic or readily compressible, as pith or bread.
- springy β characterized by spring or elasticity; flexible; resilient: He walks with a springy step.
- stretch β to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- supple β bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible: a supple bough.
- tractable β easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
- willowy β pliant; lithe.
- yielding β inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.
- moldable β a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- formable β external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- prestretch β to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- stretchy β having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- tensile β of or relating to tension: tensile strain.
- tractile β capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
- whippy β of, relating to, or resembling a whip.
- amenable β If you are amenable to something, you are willing to do it or accept it.
- complaisant β If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining.
- compliant β If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.
- discretionary β subject or left to one's own discretion.
- docile β easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
- gentle β kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- manageable β that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- open β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- variable β apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- acquiescent β Someone who is acquiescent is ready to agree to do what someone wants, or to accept what they do.
- biddable β having sufficient value to be bid on, as a hand or suit at bridge
adjective flexible
- elastic β (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
- bendable β to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- bendy β A bendy object bends easily into a curved or angled shape.
- pliable β easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- extensible β Able to be extended; extendable.
- extensile β Capable of being stretched out or protruded.
- accommodating β If you describe someone as accommodating, you like the fact that they are willing to do things in order to please you or help you.
- responsive β responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.