flexible

a. உடையாமல் வளைகிற, வளையத்தக்க, துவள்கிற, நெகிழ்வான, எளிதில் கையாளத்தக்க, எளிதில் பின்பற்றுகிற, இசைவிணக்கமுடைய, எளிதில் வழிக்குக் கொண்டுவரத்தக்க, எளிதில் இசைந்து கொடுக்கிற, பலதிறப் பயிற்சியுள்ள.

Synonyms

pliant lithe supple elastic easy indulgent ductile flexile yielding pliable

Antonyms

tough rigid inelastic inflexible hard inexorable

Flex"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.] 1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle. When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. Shak. 2. 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. 3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language. This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. Rogers. Syn. -- Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile; obsequious; inconstant; wavering. -- Flex"i*ble*ness, n. -- Flex"i*bly, adv.

flexible - Similar Words

flexile unflexible reflexible inflexible fluxible nexible legible fluxile inflexibly exile