flexible
flexible is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering. Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. Bacon. Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. Shak.
- 2.Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language. This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. Rogers. -- Flex"i*ble*ness, n. -- Flex"i*bly, adv.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- amianth
- amianthus
- annihilator
- asbestos
- attic
- back
- baleen
- benumb
- bite
- bounce
- box
- brigade
- buoyancy
- buoyant
- burn
- caoutchouc
- central
- chatter
- chill
- congeal
- congelation
- conglaciation
- cool
- cooling
- cut
- damp
- density
- distend
- ductile
- earth
- elastic
- elasticity
- extend
- extinguish
- fan
- fire
- fireman
- flax
- flex
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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