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Bendable
Capable of being bent.
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Similar meaning 4
Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.
oewn 2023
50% interchangeable
Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.
Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.
oewn 2023
50% interchangeable
Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.
Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.
oewn 2023
50% interchangeable
Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.
Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.
oewn 2023
50% interchangeable
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Derivationally related 4
To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…
oewn 2023
15% interchangeable
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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…
oewn 2023
15% interchangeable
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To bend; as, to flex the arm.
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15% interchangeable
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To bend; as, to flex the arm.
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15% interchangeable
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Synonym 3
Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread;…
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
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