flexibleness
Ability to adjust
Flexibleness is the quality of being flexible—able to bend without breaking, or willing to adapt to changing circumstances.
The word is rarely used; flexibility serves the same purpose and sounds more natural in nearly every context.
Pull to extend
- springinessCapacity for elastic recovery
- bouncinessRebound quality
- recoilBackward force from discharge
- expandabilityCapacity for enlargement
extensibility · give · snapback · rubberiness · tensile · stretchability · contraction · expansion
Able to curve
- suppleFlexing without damage
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- ductileAble to deform permanently
limber · lithe · yielding · bendy · twistable · flexile · lissome · willowy
Alteration to improve fit
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- modifiabilityCapacity to be adjusted
- changeabilityTendency to alter frequently
- alterabilityCapacity to be changed
conformability · reconfigurability · amendability · convertibility · variability · customizability · scalability · configurability
Recovery from adversity
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- robustnessResistance to failure
hardiness · durability · regeneration · rebound · sturdiness · buoyancy · withstanding · tolerance
Willingness to accept ideas
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- amenabilityReadiness to yield
- agreeablenessPleasant, cooperative nature
- cooperativenessInclination to work jointly
readiness · obligingness · approachability · acceptance · tolerance · broadmindedness · easygoingness · considerateness
stretch
Pull to extend
- springinessCapacity for elastic recovery
- bouncinessRebound quality
- recoilBackward force from discharge
expandability · extensibility · give · snapback · rubberiness · tensile · stretchability · contraction · expansion · bounce
bendable
Able to curve
ductile · limber · lithe · yielding · bendy · twistable · flexile · lissome · willowy · moldable
adjustment
Alteration to improve fit
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- modifiabilityCapacity to be adjusted
- changeabilityTendency to alter frequently
alterability · conformability · reconfigurability · amendability · convertibility · variability · customizability · scalability · configurability · adjustability
bounceback
Recovery from adversity
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
robustness · hardiness · durability · regeneration · rebound · sturdiness · buoyancy · withstanding · tolerance · resistance
receptiveness
Willingness to accept ideas
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- amenabilityReadiness to yield
- agreeablenessPleasant, cooperative nature
cooperativeness · readiness · obligingness · approachability · acceptance · tolerance · broadmindedness · easygoingness · considerateness · negotiability
flexiblenessrigidity
State of being unbending
stiffness · inflexibility · hardness · brittleness · firmness
flexiblenessinflexibility
Quality of being unbending
rigidity · unyieldingness · stubbornness · obstinacy · intransigence
reflect, flexible, flex, reflection, reflex, flexibility, deflect, inflexibility, deflection