FLEXIBILITY Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

flexibility

noun

Definition of flexibility

as in elasticity

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as in changeability

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Recent Examples of flexibility If white feels like too much upkeep, an off-white, cream or pale blue slipcover can achieve a similar effect with a bit more flexibility. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026 Markets like Round Top give you a bit more flexibility to grab a quick breakfast. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 18 July 2026 Specifically, Zpacks changes up the zipper design from Classic to Pro, adding flexibility for fully opening and closing the Pro doors during fast-changing weather. — New Atlas, 18 July 2026 His flexibility allows Perelman to tweak his preferred formation to find which setup works best. — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026 Pointing and flexing are great ways to improve flexibility and strength in the toes, feet, and calves. — Jennifer Klump, Verywell Health, 17 July 2026 Dealing With The Problem – Incremental Change To reduce the impacts from heat waves, alternative cooling systems, new power plant designs, and regulatory flexibility have all been put to use. — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 American retailers are also accustomed to flexibility on returns. — Scott Douglas, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 The memo, the blog surmised, gave reservation agents the flexibility to accommodate customers who no longer wanted to fly into the South Florida airport. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flexibility

Noun

That advice becomes even more important as skin loses elasticity over time.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2026
The Works is a lightweight, fast-absorbing moisturizer for your body in any stage, helping to hydrate and tone, boost elasticity, tighten crepiness, and replenish texture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of elasticity

Noun

More specifically, genres, whether spoken or written, reflect the changeability of their formal characteristics in connection to changes in the situation and the actions relevant to these genres.

— Tham Thi Nguyen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026

Definition of changeability

Noun

Sustainable growth is increasingly being built on discipline, adaptability and execution rather than prediction.

— Greg Hewitt, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
On his glitzy and paranoid new record, the rapper wrestles with survivor’s guilt while making a case for East Coast boom-bap’s perpetual adaptability.

— Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026

Definition of adaptability

Noun

Those who recognize a compositional genius that grew out of constantly shifting dynamics and tempos, jazzy originality and infinite mutability.

— Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
The film addresses themes of injustice, accountability in journalism, the mutability of truth, who gets to frame the narrative, and who gets erased.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025

Definition of mutability

Noun

The technology developed by the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is designed to strengthen supply chain resilience by allowing essential materials to be manufactured closer to where they are needed, including in remote or operational environments.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
As instances of extreme heat become more frequent, resilience will depend less on the speed of a city’s response, and more on the quality of its planning, well before temperatures reach dangerous levels.

— Curtis S. Chin, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Definition of resilience

Noun

The Galaxy Watch 9 will monitor your vitals at night, specifically your blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, and skin temperature.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026
That variability exposes the limits of a one-size-fits-all hydration approach.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of variability

Noun

Tariff volatility has been an issue, particularly for brands and manufacturers over-reliant on China, while regulation continues to dampen progress around smart glasses owing to EU delays around AI compliance, Cazin adds.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 July 2026
Not to mention that an open capital account comes with the volatility of capital moving in and out at will.

— Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2026