flexibility

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.
2. (countable, uncountable) The quality of having options.

Synonyms

elasticity

pliability

adaptability

flexibleness

suppleness

pliancy

resilience

malleability

versatility

plasticity

softness

ductility

mobility

tractability

tractableness

compatibility

stretchiness

litheness

looseness

expansion and contraction

springiness

agility

slackness

soft

spring

stretch

stretchability

suggestibility

tenderness

vulnerability

wavering

bounciness

refrangibility

dirigibility

flexibilitas

flexility

refractability

adaptableness

smooth feature

adaptativeness

colorfulness

accommodation

colourfulness

adjustability

alleviation

colorfulness

colourfulness

diathesis

disposition

flex

Translations

Flexibilität

flexibilité

flessibilità

souplesse

flexibilidad

flexibilidade

Biegsamkeit

flexibilitat

elasticità

élasticité

Elastizität

ευελιξία

Anpassungsfähigkeit

ευκαμψία

flexibiliteit

Etymology

From French flexibilité, from Late Latin flexibilitās, from Latin flectō (“I bend, curve”). Equivalent to flexible + -ity = flex + -ibility.