flexible

Meaning of flexible

adjective
  1. capable of bending easily without breaking.
    flexible rubber seals

late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin flexibilis, from flectere ‘to bend’.

Information about flexible

Hyphenation of flexible

flex-i-ble

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • flexible is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

flexible synonyms

Meaning flexile:

flexile

Meaning elastic:

elastic, pliable, pliant

Meaning whippy:

whippy

Meaning compromising:

compromising, conciliatory

Meaning bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible:

supple

Meaning (of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking:

malleable

Meaning able to be worked, fashioned, or manipulated:

workable

Meaning (of a person or body part) lithe or supple:

limber

Meaning able to be deformed without losing toughness; pliable, not brittle:

ductile

Meaning relating to tension:

tensile

Meaning (of a substance or material) easily shaped or moulded:

plastic

Meaning springing back quickly when squeezed or stretched; elastic:

springy

Meaning (of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions:

resilient

Meaning capable of bending; soft and flexible:

bendy

flexible antonyms

Meaning unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible:

rigid

Translation of flexible

Words that rhyme with flexible

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