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| Main Entry: | resilient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bouncy, flexible |
| Synonyms: | airy, buoyant, effervescent, elastic, expansive, hardy, irrepressible, plastic, pliable, springy, strong, supple, tough, volatile, quick to recover, rebounding, rolling with punches, rubbery, snapping back, stretchy |
| Antonyms: | hard, inflexible, rigid, stiff |
| 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: | lighthearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | carefree, untroubled |
| Synonyms: | blithe, bright, buoyant, cheerful, effervescent, expansive, frolicsome, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, happy-go-lucky*, high-spirited, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laid-back, lively, merry, playful, resilient, spirited, sprightly, sunny, upbeat, vivacious, volatile, blithesome, feelgood, lightsome |
| Antonyms: | depressed, troubled, upset, worried, heavy-hearted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | limber |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flexible |
| Synonyms: | agile, deft, elastic, graceful, lissome, lithe, loose, nimble, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, springy, spry, supple, lithesome |
| Antonyms: | rigid, stiff, straight, 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: | mercurial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flighty, temperamental |
| Synonyms: | buoyant, capricious, changeable, effervescent, elastic, erratic, expansive, fickle, flaky, flip*, gay, impulsive, inconstant, irregular, irrepressible, lighthearted, lively, mad, mobile, movable, resilient, spirited, sprightly, ticklish, unpredictable, unstable, up-and-down*, variable, volatile, blowing hot and cold, bubbleheaded, fluctuating, gaga, lubricious, quicksilver, short-fuse, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | calm, tranquil, unchangeable, unvarying, unperturbable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spongy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cushioned, absorbent |
| Synonyms: | elastic, light, mushy, porous, resilient, soft, springy, yielding, absorptive, cribriform, cushiony, pappy, pulpous, pulpy, rubbery, squishy |
| Antonyms: | hard, impermeable, inflexible |
| 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: | volatile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explosive, changeable |
| Synonyms: | airy, buoyant, capricious, effervescent, elastic, elusive, ephemeral, erratic, expansive, fickle, fleeting, flighty, flippant, frivolous, fugitive, gaseous, gay, giddy, impermanent, inconsistent, inconstant, light, lively, mercurial, momentary, playful, resilient, short-lived, sprightly, subtle, temperamental, ticklish, transient, transitory, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, up-and-down, vaporous, variable, whimsical, fugacious, imponderable, lubricious |
| Antonyms: | calm, firm, stable, steadfast |
| Main Entry: | rubber |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elastic |
| Synonyms: | buoyant, ductile, flexible, lively, resilient, soft, bouncy, rubbery, stretchable, stretching, stretchy |
| Main Entry: | buoyant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light in weight |
| Synonyms: | afloat, airy, floating, resilient, bouncy, floatable, supernatant, unsinkable, weightless |
| Antonyms: | heavy, weighted |
| Main Entry: | effervescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fizzing, foaming |
| Synonyms: | airy, boiling, bubbling, bubbly, elastic, expansive, frothy, resilient, sparkling, volatile, bouncy, carbonated, fermenting, frothing |
| Antonyms: | flat, stale |
| 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: | plastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flexible, soft; made of manufactured, treated compounds |
| Synonyms: | bending, ductile, elastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, supple, workable, fictile, formable, moldable, molded, shapeable |
| Antonyms: | hard, inflexible, stiff |
| Main Entry: | tough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sturdy, strong |
| Synonyms: | brawny, conditioned, dense, durable, fibrous, firm, fit, flinty, hard, hardened, hardy, healthy, indigestible, inflexible, leathery, lusty, mighty, resilient, resistant, rigid, robust, rugged, seasoned, sinewy, solid, stalwart, stiff, stout, strapping, tenacious, tight, unbreakable, unyielding, vigorous, cohesive, hard as nails, hard-bitten, molded, steeled, tough as nails, withstanding |
| Antonyms: | delicate, fragile, unstable, vulnerable, weak, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | buoyant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light in spirit |
| Synonyms: | animated, blithe, breezy, bright, carefree, cheerful, debonair, effervescent, elastic, expansive, gay, happy, jaunty, jovial, joyful, lighthearted, lively, peppy, resilient, sunny, supple, vivacious, bouncy, full of zip, invigorated, laid back |
| Antonyms: | depressed, down, heavy, heavy-hearted |
| Main Entry: | elastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adaptable, tolerant |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, adjustable, airy, animated, buoyant, complaisant, compliant, ebullient, effervescent, expansive, flexible, gay, high-spirited, lively, resilient, soaring, spirited, sprightly, supple, variable, vivacious, volatile, yielding, bouncy, recuperative |
| Antonyms: | difficult, inflexible, intolerant, unadaptable, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | strong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determined, resolute |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, brave, clear, cogent, courageous, dedicated, deep, eager, fervent, fervid, fierce, firm, forceful, gutsy*, handful*, hard-nosed, independent, intelligent, intense, keen, mean, perceptive, plucky, potent, pushy, resilient, resourceful, sagacious, self-assertive, severe, staunch, steadfast, tenacious, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, violent, wicked*, zealous, iron-willed, take charge |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, complacent, irresolute, laid-back, uncaring, weak, easy-going |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | yielding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soft, flexible |
| Synonyms: | elastic, malleable, mushy, plastic, pliable, resilient, spongy, springy, supple, tractable, pappy, pulpy, quaggy, squishy, tractile, unresisting |
| Antonyms: | hard, rigid, solid, unflexible |
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