elastic




capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy

"an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"

Antonym:
  • inelastic

Nearest:
  • bouncy; live; lively; resilient; springy
  • chewy
  • elasticized; elasticised
  • expandable; expandible; expansible; expansile
  • fictile; moldable; plastic
  • flexible; whippy
  • rubbery; rubberlike
  • springlike
  • stretch
  • stretchable; stretchy
  • viscoelastic


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