flexible
Plural: flexibles
Adjective
- Capable of being bent without breaking; easily adapted.
- capable of being changed
- "flexible schedules"
- able to flex; able to bend easily
- "slim flexible birches"
- making or willing to make concessions
Adjective Satellite
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
- "a flexible personality"
- bending and snapping back readily without breaking
Adj
- Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
- Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
- Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
Noun
- Something that is flexible.
Examples
- a flexible language
- A flexible player adjusts their strategy when the tiles aren’t cooperating.
- You can't always get what you want: you need to learn to be flexible.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“I bend, curve”).
Morphologically flex + -ible.
Synonyms
compromising, conciliatory, elastic, flexile, pliable, pliant, whippy, bain, bendable, bendsome, bendy, ductile, flexible, inconstant, limber, limp, lithe, malleable, manageable, obsequious, plastic, supple, tractable, wavering
Antonyms
inflexible, uncompromising, brittle, firm, inelastic, rigid, stiff, unbendable
Scrabble Score: 20
flexible: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordflexible: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flexible: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary