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Synonyms for bendable

  • adjective

Most common

flexible pliable lithe pliant

All synonyms

Adjective

flexible, pliable, pliant, lithe, supple, resilient, waxy, flexile, lithy, elastic, limber, yielding, lithesome, bowable dated

Antonyms

rigid, irrefragable

All antonyms of bendable →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.

Example sentences

  • flexible I suggest we adopt flexible tactics for the moment.
  • pliable Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.
  • lithe This ballerina has a lithe body.
  • pliant We need fewer pliant journalists, not more.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bendablesteady
flexiblesteady
pliablesteady
litherising
pliantrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
waxy2
5 letters
lithe1, lithy
6 letters
supple2, limber2, pliant2
7 letters
elastic3, pliable3, flexile, bowable
8 letters
flexible3, yielding2
9 letters
resilient3, lithesome

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (waxy2 = 2 syllables).