flexible applies to something which may or may not be resilient or elastic but which can be bent or folded without breaking.

FLEXIBLE definition: 1. able to change or be changed easily according to the situation: 2. able to bend or to be bent…. Learn more.

Flexible definition: capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent.. See examples of FLEXIBLE used in a sentence.

Something or someone that is flexible is able to change easily and adapt to different conditions and circumstances as they occur.

Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure: ductile, flexile, flexuous, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, workable.

Definition of flexible adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (approving) able to change to suit new conditions or situations. Our plans need to be flexible enough to cater for …

FLEXIBLE meaning: 1 : capable of bending or being bent; 2 : easily changed able to change or to do different things

Flexible, limber, pliant refer to that which bends easily. Flexible refers to that which is capable of being bent and adds sometimes the idea of compressibility or expansibility: a flexible piece of …

Sep 22, 2025 · flexible (plural flexibles) (chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible. quotations

Something that is flexible is easily bent without breaking. The flexible drinking straw was invented in the 1930s by a man who saw his daughter struggling to drink a milkshake with a straight …