Synonyms for flexible
ˈflɛk sə bəlflex·i·ble

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1. flexible

   Synonyms:
   pliant, lithe, supple, elastic, easy, indulgent, ductile, flexile, yielding, pliable

   Antonyms:
   tough, rigid, inelastic, inflexible, hard, inexorable

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1. flexibleadjective

   capable of being changed

   "flexible schedules"

   Synonyms:
   compromising, flexile, whippy, elastic, pliant, pliable, conciliatory

   Antonyms:
   unadaptable, adamantine, stiff, inexorable, rock-ribbed, adamant, inelastic, ossified, ironclad, intransigent, die-hard(a), fossilised, hard-core, inflexible, muscle-bound, rigid, brassbound, semirigid, fossilized

2. flexible, flexileadjective

   able to flex; able to bend easily

   "slim flexible birches"

   Synonyms:
   conciliatory, elastic, pliant, compromising, whippy, flexile, pliable

   Antonyms:
   muscle-bound, ossified, fossilised, inelastic, stiff, semirigid, fossilized, inflexible, brassbound, adamant, ironclad, intransigent, rock-ribbed, adamantine, rigid, unadaptable, inexorable, hard-core, die-hard(a)

3. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliantadjective

   able to adjust readily to different conditions

   "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"

   Synonyms:
   conciliatory, bendable, tractile, waxy, elastic, pliant, ductile, compromising, tensile, whippy, malleable, flexile, fictile, plastic, pliable

   Antonyms:
   inflexible, ironclad, hard-core, fossilised, semirigid, unadaptable, rock-ribbed, intransigent, rigid, die-hard(a), stiff, adamant, brassbound, ossified, muscle-bound, adamantine, inelastic, fossilized, inexorable

4. flexible, whippyadjective

   bending and snapping back readily without breaking

   Synonyms:
   conciliatory, elastic, pliant, compromising, whippy, flexile, pliable

   Antonyms:
   fossilized, inelastic, adamantine, intransigent, inexorable, rock-ribbed, unadaptable, brassbound, fossilised, muscle-bound, inflexible, rigid, ossified, stiff, semirigid, die-hard(a), adamant, ironclad, hard-core

5. compromising, conciliatory, flexibleadjective

   making or willing to make concessions

   "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"

   Synonyms:
   conciliatory, conciliative, whippy, elastic, pliant, compromising, flexile, pliable

   Antonyms:
   fossilised, semirigid, rock-ribbed, intransigent, adamant, inflexible, muscle-bound, brassbound, ossified, ironclad, fossilized, stiff, inelastic, inexorable, adamantine, unadaptable, hard-core, rigid, die-hard(a)

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1. yieldable

   Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019  

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1. flexibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   pliable, pliant, limber, lithe, supple, not stiff, not rigid, easily bent

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1. flexibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   pliable, supple, flexile, pliant, lithe, limber, compliant, yielding

   Antonyms:
   inflexible, incompliant

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1. List of paraphrases for "flexible":

   flexibility, flex, flexibly, adaptable, responsive, flexible, agile, soft, pliable, versatile, resilient, nimble, supple, adaptive, floppy, smooth

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1. flexible

   Synonyms:
   Flexile

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1. Ben Wood:

   Unveiling a product ahead of rivals is an important milestone, it feels like we're in the Stone Age when it comes to products with flexible screens. We're seeing the first very tentative steps toward the implementation of a technology that may seem to be a solution looking for a problem now, but is likely to become a pillar of designs of consumer electronic devices in the future.

2. Katy Martin:

   All of our winners are responsible for incrementally pushing the envelope in terms of what type of biotechnology we have available to us to use in space in the moment, the vision we work toward is making smaller, more portable, more flexible, lower maintenance laboratory equipment that can be taken to the moon and Mars.

3. Toby Sembower:

   My budget was always very loose and flexible, what was most important to me was that I get to work with the most talented people possible and in the best work setting possible.

4. Daniel Roeska:

   Ryanair has a large number of small bases, which makes their network very flexible, they can react very quickly to changes in the market, especially when small carriers get into trouble.

5. Chris Voce:

   Its hybrid cloud strategy has resonated with enterprises where this is a more realistic and flexible approach.