English noun: flexibility |
1. | flexibility (attribute) the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped |
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| Synonyms | flexibleness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | malleability, plasticity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bendability, pliability, whip |
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| Antonyms | inflexibility, inflexibleness |
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2. | flexibility (attribute) the quality of being adaptable or variable |
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| Samples | He enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement.
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| Synonyms | flexibleness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adaptability |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | wiggle room |
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| Antonyms | inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness |
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3. | flexibility (attribute) the trait of being easily persuaded |
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| Synonyms | tractability, tractableness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | trait |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | amenability, amenableness, cooperativeness, docility, domestication, manageability, manageableness, obedience, tameness |
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| Attribute | intractable, manipulable, tractable |
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| Antonyms | intractability, intractableness |
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