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Synonyms for supple

24 synonyms
1 antonym
1 meaning

adjective

Most common

flexible pliable lithe pliant limber

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Adjective

1. Flexible — pliant, flexible, easy to bend

flexible, pliant, lithe, soft, pliable, elastic, graceful, compliant, sinuous, bendable, agile, bendy, yielding, submissive, bending, obsequious, servile, fawning, lithesome, lissome US, lissom UK, flexile, willowy

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Antonyms

All antonyms of supple →

Definitions

adj. 1
Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.

Related words

Word family: suppleness supply

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.
limber A good yoga session can limber you up like nothing else.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
supple		rising
flexible		steady
pliable		steady
lithe		rising
pliant		rising
limber		rising

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

By length

4 letters: soft¹
5 letters: agile², lithe¹, bendy²
6 letters: active², limber², pliant², lissom
7 letters: bending², elastic³, pliable³, fawning², sinuous², servile², willowy³, lissome, flexile
8 letters: flexible³, graceful², yielding², bendable
9 letters: compliant³, lithesome
10 letters: submissive³, obsequious⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agile² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: souple
Italiano: flessibile
Español: flexible
Deutsch: gefügig
Català: elàstic