| ductile | | |
| adj. | 1. ductile, malleable | easily influenced. |
| ~ manipulable, tractable | easily managed (controlled or taught or molded).; "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition" |
| adj. | 2. ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile | capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" |
| ~ formed | having or given a form or shape. |
| elastic | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. elastic, elastic band, rubber band | a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together. |
| ~ band | a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body). |
| ~ elastic device | any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. elastic | a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material. |
| ~ cloth, fabric, textile, material | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| adj. | 3. elastic | capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy.; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk" |
| ~ bouncy, springy, resilient, lively, live | elastic; rebounds readily.; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" |
| ~ chewy | (of a consistency) requiring chewing.; "chewy caramels" |
| ~ elasticised, elasticized | made with strands or inserts of elastic.; "slacks with an elasticized waistband" |
| ~ expansile, expandable, expandible, expansible | (of gases) capable of expansion. |
| ~ moldable, plastic, fictile | capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material).; "plastic substances such as wax or clay" |
| ~ whippy, flexible | bending and snapping back readily without breaking. |
| ~ rubberlike, rubbery | having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness. |
| ~ springlike | resembling a spring or the action of a spring. |
| ~ stretch | easily stretched.; "stretch hosiery" |
| ~ stretchable, stretchy | capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape. |
| ~ viscoelastic | having viscous as well as elastic properties. |
| ~ flexile, flexible | able to flex; able to bend easily.; "slim flexible birches" |
| adj. | 4. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant | able to adjust readily to different conditions.; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" |
| ~ adaptable | capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use.; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths" |
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