Synonyms of the word elastic


ELASTICADAPTABLE - BAND - BOUNCY - CHEWY - CLOTH - ELASTICISED - ELASTICIZED - EXPANDABLE - EXPANSIBLE - EXPANSILE - FABRIC - FICTILE - FLEXIBLE - FLEXILE - LIVE - LIVELY - MATERIAL - MOLDABLE - PLASTIC - PLIABLE - PLIANT - RESILIENT - RUBBERLIKE - RUBBERY - SPRINGLIKE - SPRINGY - STRETCH - STRETCHABLE - STRETCHY - TEXTILE - VISCOELASTIC - WHIPPY

elastic

  • adj. Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size…
  • adj. Made of elastic.
  • adj. Of clothing, elasticated.
  • adj. (economics) Sensitive to changes in price.
  • adj. springy; bouncy; vivacious.
  • adj. Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power…
  • n. (uncountable) An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
  • n. (countable) An elastic band.

adaptable

  • adj. Capable of adapting or of being adapted.

band

  • n. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
  • n. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
  • n. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
  • n. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • n. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic…
  • n. (physics) A part of the radio spectrum.
  • n. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
  • n. (obsolete) A bond.
  • n. (obsolete) Pledge; security.
  • n. (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify…
  • n. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc.
  • n. (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension)…
  • v. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
  • v. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
  • n. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
  • n. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
  • n. A marching band.
  • n. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
  • n. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
  • n. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government…
  • v. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

bouncy

  • adj. Easily bounced.
  • adj. Lively, exuberant, energetic.

chewy

  • adj. having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.

cloth

  • n. (uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
  • n. (countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
  • n. (Can we verify([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +]) this sense?) A form of attire…
  • n. (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.

elasticised

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of elasticise.

elasticized

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of elasticize.

expandable

  • adj. Having the capacity to be expanded.
  • n. Anything that can be expanded.

expansible

  • adj. expandable.

expansile

  • adj. expansionary, relating to expansion.
  • adj. expandable, which can be expanded.

fabric

  • n. (archaic) structure, building.
  • n. (archaic) The act of constructing; construction; fabrication.
  • n. (archaic) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship;…
  • n. The framework underlying a structure.
  • n. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
  • n. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
  • n. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance.

fictile

  • adj. Capable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work.
  • adj. (of an art work or artifact) Molded of clay or earth.
  • adj. (pottery) Of or relating to earthenware.
  • adj. (figuratively) Capable of being led or directed.

flexible

  • adj. Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking;…
  • adj. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable;…
  • adj. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic.
  • n. (chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.

flexile

  • adj. flexible.
  • adj. Capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking.

live

  • v. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
  • v. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
  • v. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  • v. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
  • v. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
  • v. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
  • v. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  • v. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
  • v. (intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself;…
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full rich life.
  • adj. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
  • adj. Being in existence; actual.
  • adj. Having active properties; being energized.
  • adj. Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
  • adj. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
  • adj. (sports) Still in active play.
  • adj. (broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
  • adj. Of a performance or speech, in person.
  • adj. Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
  • adj. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
  • adj. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution…
  • adj. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
  • adj. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  • adj. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
  • adj. (obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
  • adj. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
  • adv. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
  • adv. Of making a performance or speech, in person.

lively

  • adj. Full of life; energetic.
  • adj. Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.
  • adj. (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
  • adj. (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
  • adj. (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
  • adj. (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
  • n. (nautical) Term of address.
  • adv. (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
  • adv. Vibrantly, vividly.

material

  • adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
  • adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
  • adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
  • n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
  • n. Text written for a specific purpose.
  • n. A sample or specimens for study.
  • n. Cloth to be made into a garment.
  • n. A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.
  • n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
  • n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.

moldable

  • adj. Alternative spelling of mouldable.

plastic

  • n. (obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.
  • n. (archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
  • n. A synthetic, thermoplastic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer.
  • n. Any similar synthetic material, not necessarily thermoplastic.
  • n. (colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
  • n. (slang) Fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest…
  • adj. Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
  • adj. (medicine, now rare) Producing tissue.
  • adj. (dated) Creative, formative.
  • adj. (biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
  • adj. Made of plastic.
  • adj. Inferior or not the real thing; ersatz.
  • adj. (slang) Fake, snobbish. Usually refers to a person.

pliable

  • adj. soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.

pliant

  • adj. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable;…
  • adj. (figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.

resilient

  • adj. Able to endure tribulation without cracking.

rubberlike

  • adj. Having the characteristics of rubber.

rubbery

  • adj. Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency.

springlike

  • adj. (chiefly of the weather) Typical of spring (the season).
  • adj. Resembling a spring (coiled-shaped usually metal object).

springy

  • adj. That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched,…

stretch

  • v. (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
  • v. (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
  • v. (transitive) To pull tight.
  • v. (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
  • v. (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
  • v. (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
  • v. (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity…
  • v. (intransitive) To extend to a limit point.
  • v. (transitive) To increase.
  • v. (obsolete, colloquial) To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
  • v. (nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
  • n. An act of stretching.
  • n. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
  • n. A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief.
  • n. A segment of a journey or route.
  • n. A segment or length of material.
  • n. (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead…
  • n. (baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman…
  • n. A length of time.
  • n. (informal) Term of address for a tall person.
  • n. (Ireland, idiomatic) extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared…

stretchable

  • adj. Capable of being stretched.

stretchy

  • adj. Capable of stretching, elastic.

textile

  • n. (usually in the plural) Cloth produced from a fabric.
  • n. (naturism) A non-nudist.
  • adj. (naturism) Clothing compulsive.

viscoelastic

  • adj. viscous and elastic.

whippy

  • adj. Whiplike; thin and pliant.

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