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plastic
Synonyms and Antonyms of plastic
- Silly Putty is famous for being very plastic
- there's usually a plastic cordiality at these corporate events
automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic
double-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuous
exaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical (also theatric)
cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simpering
conventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, wooden
artful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studied
Synonym Discussion of plastic
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- plastic materials allow the sculptor greater freedom
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- pliable rubber tubing
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- an athletic shoe with a pliant sole
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- ductile metals such as copper
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- the malleable properties of gold
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- computer hardware that is adaptable
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