a. | 1. | Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle. |
2. | Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering. | |
3. | Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; |
Adj. | 1. | flexible - extended meanings; capable of change; "a flexible character"; "flexible schedules" Antonyms: inflexible - extended meanings; incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose" |
2. | flexible - able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches" Synonyms: flexile Antonyms: inflexible - literal meanings; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade" | |
3. | flexible - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" | |
4. | flexible - bending and snapping back readily without breaking | |
5. | flexible - making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" Synonyms: compromising, conciliatory |