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flexible

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As an adjective, flexible means capable of being flexed or bent without breaking. As a noun, it means something that is flexible.

Meanings of flexible

8 meanings

adjective

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

  2. Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.

  3. Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.

    “a flexible language”

  4. Able to flex; able to bend easily

    “slim flexible birches”

    Similar: flexile, bendy
  5. Able to adjust readily to different conditions

    “a flexible personality”

    “an elastic clause in a contract”

    “a pliable person”

    Similar: elastic, pliable, pliant
  6. Bending and snapping back readily without breaking

    Similar: whippy
  7. Making or willing to make concessions

    “loneliness tore through him … whenever he thought of … even the compromising Louis du Tillet”

    Similar: compromising, conciliatory

noun

  1. chiefly engineeringmanufacturingSomething that is flexible.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

adjective: able to flex; able to bend easily
flexilebendy
adjective: able to adjust readily to different conditions
adjective: bending and snapping back readily without breaking
whippy
adjective: making or willing to make concessions
Oppositesinflexible

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