flexibility

Noun

Meaning

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

compliance elasticity plasticity adaptability pliability malleability tractability amenability flexibleness versatility maneuverability adjustability tractableness range give
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Antonyms

inflexibility control transverse limit severity limitation
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Hypernyms

plasticity adaptability trait malleability

Hyponyms

obedience domestication whip docility pliability amenability

Related terms

flex

Phrases with the word

emotional flexibility high volume flexibility flexibility exercise metabolic flexibility attachment flexibility flexibility in application

Examples

The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers. Brian Greene

When you are frustrated and do not know a way out, only flexibility and moderation towards difficulties will save you. Husayn ibn Ali

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic. Emma Bonino

It is indeed paradoxical that, while the apologists of capitalism usually consider the 'price mechanism' to be the great advantage of the capitalist system, price flexibility proves to be a characteristic feature of the socialist economy. Michal Kalecki

It seems clear that the Bible belongs to an area of language in which metaphor is functional, and where we have to surrender precision for flexibility. Northrop Frye

Indecision is the key to flexibility. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

flexi-time flexiback flexibilisation flexibility exercise flexibility in application flexibilization