versatile

Adjective

versatile (comparative more versatile, superlative most versatile)

1. Capable of doing many things competently.
   • Ruthanna Boris, a versatile dancer and choreographer who was the first American ballerina to be a star of one of the prestigious Ballets Russes troupes of the ’40s, died Friday at her home in El Cerrito, Calif. She was 88.2007 January 8, Jack Anderson, “Ruthanna Boris, Versatile Ballet Russe Dancer, Dies at 88”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021
2. (usually) Having varied uses or many functions.
   • The paddles were enormously versatile, serving as radio-antenna masts, shovels, ice prods, snow knives, and potential argument settlers—whoever had one in his hand at the time would win.1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 592
3. Changeable or inconstant.
4. Capable of moving freely in all directions.
   • The versatile anther is an important step up in flowering plant evolution and it may be the most widespread of all simple anther types.1996, William G. D'Arcy, edited by William G. D'Arcy and Richard C. Keating, The anther: form, function, and phylogeny
5. Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).
   • Among men who do engage in anal intercourse, about one-quarter are tops, one-quarter are bottoms, and one-half are versatile.2017, Simon LeVay, Gay, Straight, and the Reason why: The Science of Sexual Orientation

   Synonyms:

   vers

6. Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.

   Synonyms:

   vers, switchy

7. (broadly) Capable of being either a dominant or a submissive partner in a sexual relationship.