Definition: bending and snapping back readily without breaking
Similar words: elastic
Definition: capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy
Usage: an elastic band; a youthful and elastic walk
Definition: able to flex; able to bend easily
Usage: slim flexible birches
Similar words: waxy, bendable, pliable, pliant
Definition: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
Usage: a flexible wire; a pliant young tree
Similar words: double-jointed
Definition: having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers
Definition: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
Similar words: limber
Definition: (used of artifacts) easily bent
Similar words: spinnable, spinnbar
Definition: capable of being spun into fibres
Similar words: stretched
Definition: (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
Usage: well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury
Synonyms: flexible
Definition: capable of being changed
Usage: flexible schedules
Definition: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
Usage: a supple mind; a limber imagination
Similar words: negotiable, on the table
Definition: able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise
Usage: negotiable demands; the proposal is still on the table
Synonyms: flexible, compromising, conciliatory
Definition: making or willing to make concessions
Usage: loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet
Similar words: yielding
Definition: tending to give in or surrender or agree
Usage: too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments- V.I.Parrington
Synonyms: elastic, pliable, pliant, flexible
Definition: able to adjust readily to different conditions
Usage: an adaptable person; a flexible personality; an elastic clause in a contract
Similar words: adaptable
Definition: capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
Usage: to succeed one must be adaptable; the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths