flexible, whippy
(adjective) bending and snapping back readily without breaking
flexible, flexile
(adjective) able to flex; able to bend easily; “slim flexible birches”
flexible
(adjective) capable of being changed; “flexible schedules”
compromising, conciliatory, flexible
(adjective) making or willing to make concessions; “loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet”
elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant
(adjective) able to adjust readily to different conditions; “an adaptable person”; “a flexible personality”; “an elastic clause in a contract”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flexible (comparative more flexible, superlative most flexible)
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
Synonym: pliable
Antonyms: stiff, brittle, inflexible
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
Synonyms: tractable, manageable, ductile
Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
Synonyms: plastic, malleable
• bendsome
• ductile
• inconstant
• manageable
• obsequious
• pliant
• pliable
• supple
• tractable
• wavering
flexible (plural flexibles)
(chiefly, engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
