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. John Moore:

   Proteins are very flexible in their abilities to interact with receptors or antibodies; they are capable of [tolerating] mutation in quite a number of different ways to achieve the same endpoint.

2. Sadira Stallings:

   HACC has made a huge difference in my life by permitting me to graduate with a degree before getting my actual diploma! Their low tuition rates and flexible course schedules are the only reason that this has been possible.

3. Sophia Leung:

   If I can get benefits elsewhere and have a more flexible schedule, why wouldn't I do that ?

4. Roberto Mandje:

   I think runners should be flexible.

5. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka:

   The European Union must change quickly, not because Britain has left, but because the European project needs much stronger support of its citizens. Europe must be more ready to act, be flexible, less bureaucratic and much more sensible to the diversity that the 27 member states represent.