extendible

Able to stretch

Extendible describes something capable of being extended, stretched, or expanded beyond its current size or scope.

A telescope has an extendible lens tube; a deadline might be extendible if circumstances warrant.

The spelling extendable is equally common and means the same thing.

The contract includes an extendible option for two additional years.

expandable

stretch

Pull to extend

enlarge · unfold · unfurl · spread · protract · augment · broaden · amplify · magnify · telescopic

flexible

elastic

Able to stretch, rebounds

pliant · malleable · stretchable · tensile · springy · resilient · yielding · ductile · give

scalable

modular

Made of separable units

growth · infrastructure · architecture · elasticity · provisioning · pluggable · add-on

adaptable

modifiable

Able to be changed

alterable · versatile · convertible · reconfigurable · tailorable · amendable · variable · upgradable · modular · interchangeable

retractable

collapsible

Able to compress compactly

folding · nested · stackable · portable · stowable · contractible

Opposites
capacity for extension/expansion

extendiblenonextendible

Cannot be lengthened

unextendible · fixed · finite · static · limited

flexibility/rigidity

extendiblerigid

Unable to bend

inflexible · fixed · immutable · unmodifiable · permanent

flexibility/adaptability

extendibleinflexible

Unable to bend

unmodifiable · closed · sealed · locked · unalterable

Family

attend, tent, extend, pretend, extent, tense, intend, tension, extension

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