Plastic

Quick meaning: Plastic is a noun meaning A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.

Meaning

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.

More Meanings

1. (colloquial, metonymic) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
2. Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
3. (figurative, slang) Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.
4. (slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
5. (obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.
6. (archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
7. (slang) Synonym of Plastic Paddy.

Example Sentences

Tessa: Pretty ironic that a box full of rubbers landed me to a town full of plastic.

The surgeon checks your plastic on the phone / a Casio concerto entertains you while you hold

I knew the war between cash and credit cards was over and plastic had won, hands down, when even Mickey D's started taking credit and debit cards.

It's all about fast cars and cussing each other / but it doesn't matter cause I'm packing plastic / and that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic.

Word Forms

• plastics
• plastick

Synonyms for plastic

Depending on context, synonyms include malleable, flexible, pliant, ductile, fictile, formable.

Antonyms for plastic

Common opposites include elastic, genuine, sincere.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include moldable, elastic, fictile, pliant, integrative, impressionable.

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