flexible
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
Adjective 4 meanings
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
“You can't always get what you want: you need to learn to be flexible.”
Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
“a flexible language”
Noun 1 meaning
Something that is flexible.
Etymology
From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.
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FLEXIBLE at a glance
FLEXIBLE has 8 letters and scores 20 points in Scrabble (F 4 + L 1 + E 1 + X 8 + I 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 23 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,695 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with flexible
All rhymes- ABLE6
- POSSIBLE12
- AVAILABLE14
- TABLE7
- DOUBLE9
- RESPONSIBLE15
- TROUBLE9
- IMPOSSIBLE16
- TERRIBLE10
- COMFORTABLE20
- INCREDIBLE15
- CAPABLE13
One letter away
- FLEXIBLY23
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