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Synonyms of the word 
ELASTIC → ADAPTABLE - 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 - WHIPPYelastic- 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.
expansibleexpansile- 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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