Adjective: flexible flek-su-bul
- Able to flex; able to bend easily
"slim flexible birches";
- flexile
- Bending and snapping back readily without breaking
"The flexible fishing rod allowed for precise casting";
- whippy
- Capable of being changed
"flexible schedules"
- Able to adjust readily to different conditions
"a flexible personality";
- elastic, pliable, pliant
- Making or willing to make concessions
"The flexible manager was open to alternative suggestions";
- compromising, conciliatory
See also: adaptable, bendable, double-jointed, elastic, limber, negotiable, on the table, pliable, pliant, spinnable, spinnbar, stretched, supple, waxy, yielding
Antonym: inflexible
Encyclopedia: Flexible