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. Miley Cyrus:

   Thank you so much, everybody, thank you, tonight's show was all about being flexible, rolling with the punches, and making the best out of even the worst circumstances. And that resilience shouldn't end here. Let's bring that into the New Year with us.

2. Stephen Spencer:

   This framework provides better financial terms for PREPA across the board - including lower interest rates, lower debt outstanding, and a longer and more flexible debt maturity profile.

3. Jay Hahn:

   In-bee isn't flexible, her wrists aren't flexible so there's a limitation on her cocking. She also has limited trunk rotation... but she uses her swing to overcome her physical limitations.

4. Del Bosque:

   There are questions to answer in every position and we have firm criteria but we also need to be a bit flexible, seasons often end up putting things in their place and there’s still time left. We’re in a permanent debate.

5. Jonathan Wober:

   It's a way of saying to existing staff that management will get on with it, find other people and on more flexible contracts.