Flexible

Quick meaning: Flexible is an adjective meaning Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

Meaning

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

More Meanings

1. Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
2. Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
3. Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
4. (chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.

Example Sentences

a flexible language

Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.

This they foresaw was a Principle more flexible to their Purpose

When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.

Word Forms

• flexibles

Synonyms for flexible

Depending on context, synonyms include bendsome, bendy, ductile, inconstant, limp, manageable.

Antonyms for flexible

Common opposites include firm, inelastic, inflexible, rigid, stiff, brittle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bendable, flexile, pliable, supple, limber, pliant.

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