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adj. of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"

ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile

adj. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"

bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy

adj. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"

elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant

adj. able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"

plastic, pliant

adj. capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature"

ductile, malleable

adj. easily influenced

limber, supple

adj. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

springy

adj. (of movements) light and confidently active; "he walked away with a springy step"

chewy

adj. (of a consistency) requiring chewing; "chewy caramels"

elasticized, elasticised

adj. made with strands or inserts of elastic; "slacks with an elasticized waistband"

expandable, expandible, expansible, expansile

adj. (of gases) capable of expansion

fictile, moldable, plastic

adj. capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay"

stretchable, stretchy

adj. capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape

rubbery, rubberlike

adj. having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness

springlike

adj. resembling a spring or the action of a spring

stretch

adj. easily stretched; "stretch hosiery"

viscoelastic

adj. having viscous as well as elastic properties

inflexible

adj. resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade";

inflexible

adj. incapable of being bent or deformed

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