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Flexible

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

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Adaptable 84% connected

Capable of being adapted.

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Adaptable 84% connected

Capable of being adapted.

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Bendable 84% connected

Capable of being bent.

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Bendable 84% connected

Capable of being bent.

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Elastic 84% connected

Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; hav…

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Elastic 84% connected

Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; hav…

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Limber 84% connected

The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

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Limber 84% connected

The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

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Negotiable 84% connected

Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange.

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Negotiable 84% connected

Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange.

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Pliable 84% connected

Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.

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Pliable 84% connected

Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.

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Pliant 84% connected

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread;…

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Pliant 84% connected

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread;…

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Stretched 84% connected

of Stretch

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Stretched 84% connected

of Stretch

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Supple 84% connected

Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

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Supple 84% connected

Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

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Waxy 84% connected

Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

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Waxy 84% connected

Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

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Yielding 84% connected

of Yield

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Yielding 84% connected

of Yield

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Deform 74% connected

To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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Deform 74% connected

To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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Flexibility 74% connected

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…

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Flexibility 74% connected

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…

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Tractability 74% connected

The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

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Tractability 74% connected

The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

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Elastic 66% connected

Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; hav…

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Elastic 66% connected

Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; hav…

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Synonym 6

Compromising 92% connected

of Compromise

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Conciliatory 92% connected

Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

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Elastic 92% connected

Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; hav…

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Flexile 92% connected

Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

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Pliable 92% connected

Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.

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Pliant 92% connected

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread;…

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Antonym 2

Inflexible 94% connected

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

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Inflexible 94% connected

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

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