flexible
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
Other meanings
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.”
Related words
- flexibly
- flexibleness
- flexible sigmoidoscopy
- flexible time
- make flexible
- flexatone
- flexbone
- flexecutive
- flexibilization
- flexibilize
- flexihours
- flexisexual
Word history
From Latin "flexibilis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “flexible” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.