flexibility
/ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/ noun
Forms flexibilities
- noun The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.
- noun The quality of having options. “I had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast.”
Synonyms
pliability suppleness versatility flexibleness tractability tractableness
Antonyms
Etymology
From French flexibilité, from Late Latin flexibilitās, from Latin flectō (“to bend, curve”). Equivalent to flexible + -ity = flex + -ibility.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light. Sir I. Newton.
Etymology [L. flexibilitas: cf. F. flexibilite.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “flexibility”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details