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suppleness
| Main Entry: |
pliancy
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, bounce*, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility, elasticity, extensibility, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring*, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resiliency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, bounce*, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility, elasticity, extensibility, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, spring*, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | springiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, bounce*, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility, elasticity, extensibility, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring*, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | elasticity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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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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