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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pliable, bendable |
| Synonyms: | adjustable, bending, ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, flexile, formable, formative, impressionable, like putty, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliant, soft, spongy, springy, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tensile, tractable, tractile, whippy, willowy, yielding |
| Antonyms: | brittle, inflexible, resistant, rigid, stiff, unbendable, unpliable, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | adaptable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able and usually willing to change |
| Synonyms: | AC-DC, adjustable, all around, alterable, can-do, changeable, compliant, conformable, convertible, ductile, easy-going, flexible, hanging loose, malleable, modifiable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, supple, switch-hitting, tractable, variable, versatile |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, intractable, nonconforming, unadaptable |
| Main Entry: | adaptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjusting |
| Synonyms: | flexible, modifying, robust |
| Main Entry: | adjustable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alterable |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, adaptable, changeable, conformable, flexible, malleable, modifiable, pliable, tractable |
| Main Entry: | broad-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal |
| Synonyms: | advanced, catholic, cosmopolitan, dispassionate, flexible, free-thinking, indulgent, liberal, open, open-minded, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, responsive, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, undogmatic, unprejudiced, wide |
| Antonyms: | close-minded, small-minded |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tolerant, permissive |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, amenable, benign, biddable, charitable, clement, compassionate, compliant, condoning, deceivable, deludable, dupable, easygoing, excusing, exploitable, fleeceable, flexible, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, gullible, humoring, indulgent, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, light, merciful, mild, moderate, mollycoddling, naive, pampering, pardoning, soft, spoiling, submissive, susceptible, sympathetic, temperate, tractable, trusting, unburdensome, unoppressive, unsuspicious |
| Antonyms: | difficult, impossible, intolerant, onery, strict, unpermissive |
| Main Entry: | easygoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complacent, permissive |
| Synonyms: | amenable, breezy, calm, carefree, casual, collected, complaisant, composed, devil-may-care, even-tempered, flexible, free and easy, hang-loose, happy-go-lucky, indolent, indulgent, informal, insouciant, laid-back*, lazy, lenient, liberal, low-pressure, mild, moderate, nonchalant, offhand, outgiving, patient, placid, poised, relaxed, self-possessed, serene, tolerant, tranquil, unconcerned, uncritical, undemanding, unhurried, uninhibited |
| Antonyms: | agitated, critical, demanding, hurried, hyped, intolerant, nervous, strict, upset, worried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pliant, rubbery |
| Synonyms: | adaptable, bouncy, buoyant, ductile, extendible, extensible, flexible, irrepressible, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, resilient, rubberlike, springy, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tempered, yielding |
| Antonyms: | inelastic, rigid, stiff, tense, unflexible, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | elastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adaptable, tolerant |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, adjustable, airy, animated, bouncy, buoyant, complaisant, compliant, ebullient, effervescent, expansive, flexible, gay, high-spirited, lively, recuperative, resilient, soaring, spirited, sprightly, supple, variable, vivacious, volatile, yielding |
| Antonyms: | difficult, inflexible, intolerant, unadaptable, ungiving |
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