plastic

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
2. (colloquial, countable, metonymically, uncountable) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
3. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable) Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.
4. (countable, slang) An instance of plastic surgery.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A sculptor, moulder.
6. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Any solid but malleable substance.
7. (countable, slang, uncountable) Synonym of Plastic Paddy.

Adj

1. Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
2. (archaic) Producing tissue.
3. (dated) Creative, formative.
4. Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
5. Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
6. Made of plastic.
7. (derogatory, figuratively) Inferior or not the real thing.
8. (figuratively, informal) Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness.
9. (informal) Escaped from captivity, rather than wild.
10. (informal) Introduced, rather than native or naturally vagrant.

Opposite of

elastic, genuine, sincere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈplæstɪk/

Etymology

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique.

Synonyms

pliable

malleable

credit card

💳

shaping

pliant

moldable

synthetic

formative

ductile

artificial

flexible

moulded

modelled

polythene bag

rubber

insincere

fictile

charge card

charge plate

lithe

phony

plastic bag

plasticity

receptive

reshaping

sculptural

shaped

sizing

slow

sticky

stiff

substitute

superficial

supple

synthetic material

thick

trim

trimming

viscous

waxy

castable

acceptive

true-up

adhesive

cellophane

cohesive

container

creative

debit card

elastic

Translations

plastique

plástico

Plastik

plastic

plastica

plástico

Kunststoff

plastico

plàstic

plastisch

kunststof

plastik

plastyczny

πλαστικό

plastisch