adaptable
/əˈdæptəbəl/
adaptable adjective: capable of being adapted.
Adjective
adaptable (comparative more adaptable, superlative most adaptable)
- Capable of being adapted.
- an adaptable electric plug for international use
- Antonyms:
- unadaptable
- Willing or able to adapt to circumstances; flexible.
- She had had to turn out of her own room to accommodate him, but if one kept an apartment-house one had to be adaptable; […]1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
- Joan was adaptable, and easily fell in with the prevalent tone. She played her small jokes on each, and this readily dissolved restraint, and put all on terms of easy friendship.1901, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Frobishers
- Antonyms:
- unadaptable, inadaptable
adaptable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
adaptable in Tamil
- இணங்கத் தக்க, மாற்றமைவு செய்தக்க, மாற்றியமைத்துக் கொள்ளத்தக்க
adaptable in Urdu
- مناسب, قابل نباسبت, ساز گر
adaptable in Malayalam
- versatile, flexible, cooperative
- പൊരുത്തപ്പെടുന്ന, പരിസരത്തോട് ഇണങ്ങിച്ചേരാൻ കഴിവുള്ള, വഴങ്ങുന്ന, അനുനയിക്കാവുന്ന, പ്രേരണക്കു വഴങ്ങുന്ന ശീലമുള്ള, അന്യഹിതാനുവർത്തിയായ
- modifiable, versatile, convertible
- ക്രമീകരിക്കാവുന്ന, അനേകം ഉപയോഗങ്ങളുള്ള, അനുരൂപമാക്കാവുന്ന, യുക്തമാക്കാവുന്ന, പരിതസ്ഥിതികളോട് ഇണക്കിച്ചേർക്കാവുന്ന, മാറ്റാവുന്ന
adaptable in Kannada
- ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ, ಅಣಿಗೊಳಿಸುವ, ತಿದ್ದಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ
Examples of adaptable in a sentence
- Zelensky was adaptable, trained not to lose his nerve under pressure.
- Alloy steels generally are more adaptable than carbon steels to martempering.
- Odysseus was wily, cunning, and adaptable, a grandson of the archrogue Autolycus and favored by Athena for his intelligence.
Synonyms of adaptable
Antonyms
Forms of adaptable
| comparative | more adaptable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most adaptable |
Origin of adaptable
From adapt + -able.
Words formed from adaptable
Questions about adaptable
- What does adaptable mean?
- Adaptable means capable of being adapted.
- What is adaptable in Tamil?
- Adaptable in Tamil is இணங்கத் தக்க, மாற்றமைவு செய்தக்க, மாற்றியமைத்துக் கொள்ளத்தக்க. See Adaptable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is adaptable?
- Adaptable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce adaptable?
- Adaptable is pronounced /əˈdæptəbəl/ (US).
Words near adaptable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: adaptable (page history and authors); adaptable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adaptable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adaptable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); adaptable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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