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| Main Entry: | flexible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pliable, bendable |
| Synonyms: | adjustable, bending, ductile, elastic, formative, impressionable, limber, lithe, malleable, plastic, pliant, soft, spongy, springy, stretch, supple, tractable, willowy, yielding, extensible, extensile, flexile, formable, like putty, moldable, stretchable, stretchy, tensile, tractile, whippy |
| Antonyms: | brittle, inflexible, resistant, rigid, stiff, unyielding, unbendable, unpliable |
| Main Entry: | flexible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adaptable, responsive |
| Synonyms: | adjustable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, discretionary, docile, gentle, manageable, open, tractable, variable, acquiescent, biddable, going every which way, hanging loose, like putty in hands, rolling with punches |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, obstinate, ornery, stern, stubborn, unresponsive, unyielding, unaccommodating, unadaptable |
| Main Entry: | adaptable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able and usually willing to change |
| Synonyms: | AC-DC*, adjustable, changeable, compliant, conformable, convertible, ductile, flexible, malleable, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, supple, tractable, variable, versatile, all around, alterable, can-do, easy-going, hanging loose, modifiable, moldable, switch-hitting |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, intractable, nonconforming, unadaptable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adaptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjusting |
| Synonyms: | flexible, robust, modifying |
| Main Entry: | adjustable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alterable |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, adaptable, changeable, conformable, flexible, malleable, pliable, tractable, modifiable |
| Main Entry: | broad-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal |
| Synonyms: | advanced, catholic, cosmopolitan, dispassionate, flexible, indulgent, liberal, open, open-minded, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, responsive, tolerant, unbiased, unprejudiced, wide, free-thinking, unbigoted, undogmatic |
| Antonyms: | close-minded, small-minded |
| Main Entry: | easygoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complacent, permissive |
| Synonyms: | amenable, breezy, calm, carefree, casual, collected, complaisant, composed, devil-may-care*, even-tempered*, flexible, free and easy, happy-go-lucky*, indolent, indulgent, informal, insouciant, laid-back*, lazy, lenient, liberal, mild, moderate, nonchalant, offhand, patient, placid, self-possessed, serene, tolerant, tranquil, unconcerned, uncritical, unhurried, uninhibited, hang-loose, low-pressure, outgiving, poised, relaxed, undemanding |
| Antonyms: | agitated, critical, demanding, hurried, intolerant, nervous, strict, upset, worried, hyped |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | limp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not stiff; weak |
| Synonyms: | bending, debilitated, drooping, droopy, ductile, enervated, exhausted, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flexible, flimsy, floppy, impressible, infirm, languid, languishing, lax, lethargic, limber, listless, loose, plastic, pliable, pliant, slack, soft, spent, spiritless, supple, tired, unsubstantial, weakened, worn out, yielding, flexuous, relaxed, wearied |
| Antonyms: | hard, inflexible, rigid, stiff, straight, strong, unbending |
| Main Entry: | lissom |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supple |
| Synonyms: | adaptable, agile, bending, elastic, flexible, graceful, limber, lithe, loose, malleable, pliable, pliant, resilient, rubber, springy, wiry, bendable, lithesome, moldable, stretchy |
| Main Entry: | malleable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pliable |
| Synonyms: | adaptable, compliant, ductile, flexible, governable, impressionable, manageable, plastic, pliant, soft, submissive, supple, tractable, workable, yielding, go-with-the-flow, moldable, putty in hands, rolls with punches, tractile, transformable |
| Antonyms: | firm, rigid, stiff |
| Main Entry: | pliable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bendable, adaptable |
| Synonyms: | compliant, docile, ductile, easy, flexible, impressionable, limber, lithe, malleable, manageable, obedient, plastic, pliant, receptive, responsive, spongy, submissive, supple, susceptible, tractable, yielding, easily led, manipulable, moldable, putty, rolling with the punches |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, rigid, stiff, unyielding, unadaptable, unbendable, unpliable, unpliant |
| Main Entry: | springy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elastic |
| Synonyms: | adaptable, flexible, limber, malleable, pliable, pliant, resilient, bouncy, rubberlike, rubbery, stretchable, stretchy |
| Main Entry: | supple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bendable |
| Synonyms: | adaptable, agile, bending, ductile, elastic, flexible, graceful, limber, lissome, lithe, malleable, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, rubber, springy, stretch, svelte, willowy, wiry, yielding, lithesome, moldable, stretchy |
| Antonyms: | hard, rigid, stiff, unflexible |
| Main Entry: | tractable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | manageable |
| Synonyms: | amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, ductile, facile, flexible, game, governable, malleable, meek, obedient, persuadable, plastic, pliable, pliant, subdued, submissive, tame, willing, workable, yielding, acquiescent, biddable, controllable, going along with, hanging loose, putty in hands, rolling with punches, tractile |
| Antonyms: | intractable, obstinate, stubborn, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unruly |
| Main Entry: | variable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changing, changeable |
| Synonyms: | capricious, fickle, fitful, flexible, fluid, iffy*, inconstant, irregular, mercurial, mobile, mutable, shifty, slippery*, spasmodic, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, wavering, changeful, fluctuating, protean, shifting, unequable, waffling, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | invariable, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | varying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | variable |
| Synonyms: | changeable, changing, deviating, flexible, inconstant, irregular, uncertain, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, wavering, alternating, differing, fluctuating, shifting, waffling |
| Main Entry: | rubber |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elastic |
| Synonyms: | buoyant, ductile, flexible, lively, resilient, soft, bouncy, rubbery, stretchable, stretching, stretchy |
| Main Entry: | open-ended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with no prearranged limit or end |
| Synonyms: | flexible, hanging, loose, open, undetermined, unlimited, unrestricted, not restrained |
| Antonyms: | fixed |
| Main Entry: | elastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pliant, rubbery |
| Synonyms: | adaptable, buoyant, ductile, flexible, irrepressible, limber, lithe, malleable, plastic, pliable, resilient, springy, supple, yielding, bouncy, extendible, extensible, moldable, rubberlike, stretchable, stretchy, tempered |
| Antonyms: | inelastic, rigid, stiff, tense, unyielding, unflexible |
| Main Entry: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | progressive |
| Synonyms: | advanced, avant-garde, broad, broad-minded, catholic, enlightened, flexible, free, general, high-minded, humanitarian, indulgent, intelligent, interested, left, lenient, loose, magnanimous, permissive, radical, rational, reasonable, receiving, receptive, tolerant, unbiased, unconventional, understanding, unorthodox, unprejudiced, humanistic, latitudinarian, libertarian, reformist, unbigoted |
| Antonyms: | conservative, narrow, narrow-minded |
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