rubberiness

Springy, stretchy quality

Rubberiness is the quality of being rubbery—flexible, bouncy, or elastic like rubber.

The word describes physical texture: the rubberiness of overcooked calamari, the rubberiness of a cheap yoga mat.

It can also capture a wobbly, unstable quality: a rubberiness in his legs after the long run.

flexibility

bendable

Able to curve

malleable · flexible · yielding · soft · bendy · twistable · ductile · limber · deformable · squishable

elasticity

elastic

Able to stretch, rebounds

polymer · elastomer · silicone · spandex · bungee · tensile · tension · stretch · snap · bounce

texture

chewy

Resisting easy biting

bouncy · dense · tough · gelatinous · cartilaginous · leathery · squid · calamari · octopus · overcooked

Categories
Opposites
flexibility/elasticity

rubberinessrigidity

State of being unbending

stiffness · brittleness · inflexibility · hardness · firmness

texture/tactile quality

rubberinessbrittleness

Prone to snapping

crumbliness · crispness · flakiness · friability · dryness

Family

rubber, rubbery, rubberized, rubberlike, rubberize, rubberier, rubberizing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G