ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Flexibility

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Flexibility is a noun meaning The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.

Meaning

The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.

More Meanings

  1. The quality of having options.

Example Sentences

I had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast.
Researchers have developed a new gel they say is as durable as metal, has the flexibility of jello, and could revolutionize how our bodies heal and age.
Whether redundancies come and whether they result in industrial action remains to be seen, but it's clear that the RMT is not prepared to show any flexibility towards rail companies.
For millions of people like Poteat, pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities have made health care much more accessible. […] “What the flexibility of telehealth allows during Covid was to shift gears extraordinarily rapidly,” said Dr. Shawn Ryan, a regional director of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

Word Forms

Synonyms for flexibility

Depending on context, synonyms include pliability, suppleness, versatility, tractability, flexibleness, tractableness.

Antonyms for flexibility

Common opposites include rigidity, inflexibility, intractability, inflexibleness, intractableness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flexibleness, tractability, tractableness, supple, flex, limber.

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