adaptable

Adjective

Meaning

Capable of being adapted.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

adaptive putty handy variable mobile fluid plastic compatible flexible convenient susceptible cooperative elastic yielding movable

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

unadaptable set limited invariant constant fixed

Show all antonyms

Phrases with the word

wintry-adaptable adaptable material cold-adaptable

Examples

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only. Robert Shea

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable. Aung San Suu Kyi

We can never be certain about the future and therefore we must continue to be flexible and adaptable so that we can react quickly to the needs of our clients and our market place. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed. Arthur Conan Doyle

We Jews have been too adaptable. We have been too eager to sacrifice our idiosyncrasies for the sake of social conformity. ... Even in modern civilization, the Jew is most happy if he remains a Jew. Albert Einstein

Close letter words and terms

adapt to adapt yourself adaptability adaptable material adaptableness adaptably