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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stretchiness |
| Synonyms: | adaptability, adjustability, flexibility, fluidity, give*, malleability, plasticity, pliancy, resilience, rubberiness, springiness, suppleness |
| Antonyms: | rigidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | Elasticity. |
| Category: | 1. Solid Matter |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy., rubber, India(n) rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic, bungee cord.
-verbs
stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic; bounce, spring back (recoil) [more].
-adjectives
elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant.
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| Antonyms: | inelasticity |
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| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spring |
| Synonyms: | animation, bound, dynamism, elasticity, energy, give, go, life, liveliness, pep, rebound, recoil, resilience, springiness, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zip |
| Main Entry: | consistency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thickness |
| Synonyms: | bendability, bendableness, compactness, density, elasticity, fabric, firmness, flexibility, frangibility, hardness, limberness, moldability, organization, plasticity, pliability, softness, solidity, suppleness, texture, viscidity, viscosity, viscousness |
| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jump, skip |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bounciness, bound, buck, buoyancy, elasticity, flexibility, give, hop, leap, recoil, resilience, saltation, springiness, vault |
| Main Entry: | tone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition of the body |
| Synonyms: | elasticity, health, healthiness, resiliency, strength, tonicity, tonus, vigor |
| Main Entry: | plasticity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pliancy |
| Synonyms: | elasticity, flexibility, malleability, mobility, resilience |
| Main Entry: | buoyancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency to float |
| Synonyms: | elasticity, resilience |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | ductility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | compliance, ductileness, elasticity, flexibleness, give, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, tractability, tractableness |
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