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FLEXIBILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being adaptable or variable
Example:
he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement
Synonyms:
flexibility; flexibleness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("flexibility" is a kind of...):
adaptability (the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flexibility"):
wiggle room (flexibility of interpretation or of options)
Antonym:
inflexibility (the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe)
Derivation:
flexible (able to adjust readily to different conditions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The trait of being easily persuaded
Synonyms:
flexibility; tractability; tractableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("flexibility" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Attribute:
manipulable; tractable (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded))
intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flexibility"):
manageability; manageableness (capable of being managed or controlled)
docility (the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable)
domestication; tameness (the attribute of having been domesticated)
amenability; amenableness; cooperativeness (the trait of being cooperative)
obedience (the trait of being willing to obey)
Derivation:
flexible (making or willing to make concessions)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped
Synonyms:
flexibility; flexibleness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("flexibility" is a kind of...):
malleability; plasticity (the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flexibility"):
bendability; pliability (the property of being easily bent without breaking)
whip ((golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club)
Antonym:
inflexibility (a lack of physical flexibility)
Derivation:
flexible (bending and snapping back readily without breaking)
flexible (able to flex; able to bend easily)
Context examples:
A disorder characterized by a decrease in flexibility of a cervical spine joint.
(Cervical Spine Joint Range of Motion Decreased, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
This pediatric formulation can dissolve easily in a small volume of water making it easier to swallow and is available in smaller dose increments thereby allowing for greater dosing flexibility.
(Everolimus Tablets for Oral Suspension, NCI Thesaurus)
Cognitive flexibility is a major deficit in patients with OCD and is related to the the lateral prefrontal cortex.
(Deep brain stimulation may significantly improve OCD symptoms, University of Cambridge)
Decreased flexibility of a cervical spine joint.
(Cervical Spine Joint Range of Motion Decreased, NCI Thesaurus)
The limbs tend to remain in whatever position they are placed (waxy flexibility).
(Catalepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Vitamin D also can suppress vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, activation of garbage-eating macrophages and calcification formation, all of which can thicken blood vessel walls and hinder flexibility.
(High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A team led by Dr. Floyd E. Romesberg of the Scripps Research Institute aimed to expand the genetic code itself, thereby enabling greater flexibility toward creating new biomaterials.
(Expanding the Genetic Alphabet, NIH)
But MRI and PET imaging showed those who did aerobic exercise had slower degeneration in the hippocampus than those who did flexibility training.
(Aerobic Exercise Slows Cognitive Decline in Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
An assessment used to indicate a person's overall level of fitness, including tests used to assess a person's muscle strength, endurance, and flexibility.
(Integrated Fitness Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)
A very rare inherited connective tissue disorder characterized by osteoporosis, skull deformities, short stature, and bone flexibility.
(Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
