flexible
/ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/
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Australia/ˈflek.sɪ.bəl/
flexible adjective: capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
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Adjective
flexible (comparative more flexible, superlative most flexible)
- Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Synonyms:
- pliable
- Antonyms:
- stiff, brittle, inflexible, rigid
- Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
- Phocion the Athenian (a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people[…]1625, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the chapter)”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
- Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- Synonyms:
- tractable, manageable, ductile
- Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
- You can't always get what you want: you need to learn to be flexible.
- Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
- a flexible language
- This they foresaw was a Principle more flexible to their Purpose1735, John Rogers, Nineteen Sermons on various occasions
Noun
flexible (plural flexibles)
- Something that is flexible.
- Alcan is mostly flexibles -- and so it boosts Amcor's flexible packaging business to a globally significant $7 billion one.2009 August 19, Terry McCrann, “Win-win deal for the times”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2009
flexible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
flexible in Hindi
- easily bent without breaking
- लचीला lacīlā
flexible in Tamil
- இசைவிணக்கமுடைய, இணங்குகின்ற, இணக்கமுள்ள, இளக்கமான, நெகிழ்வுடைய, நெகிழ்வான
flexible in Marathi
- लवचिक
flexible in Urdu
- لچکدار
More languagesFewer languages
- flexible in Bengali
- নমনীয়, নম্র, সহজবশ্য, লগবগে
- flexible in Malayalam
- വളയുന്ന, വശപ്പെടുത്താവുന്ന, വഴങ്ങുന്ന, ബഹുമുഖമായ
- flexible in Kannada
- ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಬಾಗುವ, ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಬಗ್ಗುವ, ಮೆತುವಾದ, ಬಾಗಿಸಬಹುದಾದ
- flexible in Punjabi
- ਲਚਕਦਾਰ, ਲਚਕੀਲੇ
- flexible in Gujarati
- લવચીક, ફ્લેક્સિબલ
- flexible in Odia
- ନମନୀୟ namaniya
- flexible in Nepali
- लचिलो, लचकदार, फ्लेक्सिबल
- flexible in Tagalog
- hutukin
- flexible in Arabic
- مَرِن marin
- flexible in Thai
- ยืดหยุ่น yʉ̂ʉt-yùn
- flexible in Vietnamese
- co dãn, co giãn, linh hoạt, linh động
Examples of flexible in a sentence
- The fluxity of life requires one to be flexible and adapt to change readily.
- A wall-mounted table is the ideal, flexible solution wherever your space is limited.
- Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way.
Synonyms of flexible
Antonyms
Forms of flexible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more flexible |
| superlative | most flexible |
| Noun | |
| plural | flexibles |
Origin of flexible
From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.
Words formed from flexible
- flexatone
- flexbone
- flexecutive
- flexibilization
- flexibilize
- flexibleness
- flexible sigmoidoscopy
- flexible time
- flexibly
- flexihours
- flexisexual
- flexisexuality
- flexitank
- flexitarian
- flexivore
- heteroflexible
- homoflexible
- hyperflexible
- make flexible
- nonflexible
- rectiflexible
- semiflexible
- ultraflexible
- unflexible
Phrases with flexible
Questions about flexible
- What does flexible mean?
- Flexible means capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- What is flexible in Hindi?
- Flexible in Hindi is लचीला (lacīlā). See Flexible meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flexible?
- Flexible can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce flexible?
- Flexible is pronounced /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/ (UK).
Words near flexible in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flexible (page history and authors); flexible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flexible (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flexible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flexible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flexible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flexible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flexible (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flexible (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flexible (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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