protean

Main Entry:
protean [proh-tee-uhn, proh-tee-]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: versatile
Synonyms: able, accomplished, adaptable, adroit, all-around, all-purpose, all-round, ambidextrous, conversant, dexterous, elastic, facile, functional, gifted, handy, ingenuous, many-sided, mobile, multifaceted, plastic, pliable, puttylike, ready, resourceful, skilled, skillful, talented, variable, varied, various
Main Entry: fluid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: adaptable, changeable
Synonyms: adjustable, changeful, flexible, floating, fluctuating, indefinite, malleable, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable
Notes: fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely
liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas
Antonyms: inflexible, stable, unchangeable
Main Entry: variable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: changing, changeable
Synonyms: capricious, changeful, fickle, fitful, flexible, fluctuating, fluid, iffy, inconstant, irregular, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, shifty, slippery*, spasmodic, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unequable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, waffling, wavering, yo-yo
Antonyms: invariable, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying
Main Entry: versatile
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: adjustable, flexible
Synonyms: able, accomplished, adaptable, adroit, all-around, all-purpose, ambidextrous, conversant, dexterous, elastic, facile, functional, gifted, handy, ingenuous, many-sided, mobile, multifaceted, plastic, pliable, protean, puttylike, ready, resourceful, skilled, skillful, talented, variable, varied
Antonyms: inflexible, limited, unadjustable
Main Entry: all-round
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: versatile
Synonyms: adaptable, all-around, all-purpose, flexible, many-sided, multifaceted, protean, well-rounded
Main Entry: many-sided
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: versatile
Synonyms: able, accomplished, adaptable, adroit, all-around, all-purpose, all-round, ambidextrous, conversant, dexterous, elastic, facile, functional, gifted, handy, ingenuous, mobile, multifaceted, plastic, pliable, protean, puttylike, ready, resourceful, skilled, skillful, talented, variable, varied, various
Main Entry: multifaceted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: versatile
Synonyms: able, accomplished, adaptable, adroit, all-around, all-purpose, all-round, ambidextrous, conversant, dexterous, elastic, facile, functional, gifted, handy, ingenuous, many-sided, mobile, plastic, pliable, protean, puttylike, ready, resourceful, skilled, skillful, talented, variable, varied, various
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