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Synonyms of flexibility in English:

flexibility


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noun

1‘the boat's very short timbers are designed to give flexibility’

SYNONYMS
pliability, suppleness, pliancy, malleability, mouldability, stretchability, workability, limberness, ductility, plasticity
elasticity, stretch, stretchiness, whippiness, springiness, spring, resilience, give, bounce, bounciness
informal bendiness
rare flexility, tensility
ANTONYMS

rigidity

2‘he likes the flexibility of his endowment loan’

SYNONYMS
adaptability, adjustability, open-endedness, openness, openness to change, changeability, freedom, latitude, mobility, variability, fluidity, versatility, wriggle room, wiggle room
ANTONYMS

inflexibility

3‘the panel will normally show some flexibility over this deadline’

SYNONYMS
willingness to compromise, accommodation, adaptability, amenability, cooperation, tolerance, forgivingness
ANTONYMS

intransigence