as in adaptable
able to do many different kinds of things
a versatile baseball player can play any position this tool is versatile enough to serve as a wrench or pliers
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Recent Examples of versatile
The versatile Ferdi Kadioglu is only just back in contention after a toe injury which required surgery and ruled the Turkey international out from November onwards last season.
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Plantains are a starchy, versatile fruit best enjoyed cooked.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Good enough that, a scant two seasons into his career, the versatile Frenchman might already have a pretty good shot at hoops immortality.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Its development began in Japan in the late 1980s, where a seed research company spent eight years engineering a vegetable that was milder in taste than broccoli, better suited to warmer climates and more versatile in the kitchen.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Plantains are a starchy, versatile fruit best enjoyed cooked.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Good enough that, a scant two seasons into his career, the versatile Frenchman might already have a pretty good shot at hoops immortality.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Its development began in Japan in the late 1980s, where a seed research company spent eight years engineering a vegetable that was milder in taste than broccoli, better suited to warmer climates and more versatile in the kitchen.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for versatile
adaptable
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The company pointed out that the integration of laser systems on the lightweight, highly mobile ISV platform reflects a commitment to scalable, adaptable, and expeditionary force protection solutions.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Samsung's success has shown that foldables are a functional evolution of mobile hardware—one that turns the phone into an adaptable tool able to transition from compact to expansive, depending on the task at hand.—
Mark Vena,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Versatile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versatile. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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