elastic (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression
def springy
examples an elastic band
a youthful and elastic walk
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Also see flexible, flexile
Derivationally related form elastic → elastic
Derivationally related form elastic → elastic; elastic → elasticity
Antonym elastic → inelastic
Similar to 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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Similar to bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy; chewy; elasticized, elasticised; expandable, expandible, expansible, expansile; fictile, moldable, plastic; flexible, whippy; rubbery, rubberlike; springlike; stretch; stretchable, stretchy; viscoelastic
Antonym inelastic → elastic
Also see flexible, flexile
Derivationally related form elastic → elastic; elasticity → elastic
Derivationally related form elastic → elastic

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