resilient

resilient

adjective

Definition of RESILIENT

able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted <after being dipped in liquid nitrogen, the rubber ball's normally resilient surface is as brittle as ceramic>

Synonyms bouncy, flexible, resilient, rubberlike, rubbery, springy, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, supple, whippy

Related Words adaptable, ductile, kneadable, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant; limber, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, willowy

Near Antonyms compact, firm, hard, solid, unyielding; brittle, crisp, crumbly, flaky (also flakey), friable, short

Antonyms inelastic, inflexible, nonelastic, rigid, stiff