Synonyms of the word tensile


TENSILEDUCTILE - FORMED - MALLEABLE - PLIABLE - PLIANT - STRESS - TRACTILE

tensile

  • adj. Of or pertaining to tension.
  • adj. Capable of being stretched; ductile.

ductile

  • adj. Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
  • adj. Molded easily into a new form.
  • adj. (rare) Led easily; prone to follow.

formed

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

malleable

  • adj. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or…
  • adj. (figuratively) Flexible, liable to change.
  • adj. (cryptography, of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to…

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.

stress

  • n. (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
  • n. (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
  • n. (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force per unit area (pressure) within a body reacting…
  • n. (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
  • n. (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
  • n. (uncountable, phonetics) The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
  • n. (uncountable) Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
  • n. (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
  • n. Obsolete form of distress.
  • n. (Scotland, law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
  • v. To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
  • v. To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
  • v. (informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
  • v. To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
  • v. To emphasise (words in speaking).
  • v. To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.

tractile

  • adj. Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.

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