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flexible
Overview of adj flexible
The adj flexible has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (2) flexible -- (capable of being changed; "flexible schedules")
2. (2) flexible, flexile -- (able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches")
3. (1) elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant -- (able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract")
4. (1) flexible, whippy -- (bending and snapping back readily without breaking)
5. compromising, conciliatory, flexible -- (making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet")
Grep of noun flexible
flexible joint
flexible sigmoidoscope
flexible sigmoidoscopy
flexibleness
Antonyms of adj flexible
5 senses of flexible
Sense 1
flexible (vs. inflexible)
inflexible (vs. flexible)
=> adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent
=> die-hard(prenominal), rock-ribbed
=> fossilized, fossilised, ossified
=> hard-core, hardore
=> ironclad, brassbound
Sense 2
flexible (vs. inflexible), flexile
inflexible (vs. flexible)
=> muscle-bound
=> rigid, stiff
=> semirigid
Sense 3
elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant
INDIRECT (VIA adaptable) -> unadaptable
Sense 4
flexible, whippy
INDIRECT (VIA elastic) -> inelastic
Sense 5
compromising (vs. uncompromising), conciliatory, flexible
Similarity of adj flexible
5 senses of flexible
Sense 1
flexible (vs. inflexible)
=> limber, supple
=> negotiable, on the table
Sense 2
flexible (vs. inflexible), flexile
=> bendable, pliable, pliant
=> double-jointed
=> limber, supple
=> limber
=> spinnable, spinnbar
=> stretched
Also See> elastic#1
Sense 3
elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant
=> adaptable (vs. unadaptable)
Sense 4
flexible, whippy
=> elastic (vs. inelastic)
Sense 5
compromising (vs. uncompromising), conciliatory, flexible
=> yielding
Pertainyms of adj flexible
Attributes of adj flexible
Domain of adj flexible
Domain Terms of adj flexible
Familiarity of adj flexible
flexible used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj flexible
flexible
inflexible
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