supple

supple
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. limber, lithe, pliant, flexible; yielding, compliant, adaptable; fawning, servile. See softness.Ant., inflexible, rigid, stiff.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. flexible, yielding, pliant, agile; see flexible 1 , rubber .
See Synonym Study at flexible .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. flexible bendable, pliable, pliant, resilient, malleable, elastic, plastic, springy, rubbery.
2. limber lithe, loose, lissom, agile, nimble, willowy.
3. compliant yielding, nonresisting, passive, complaisant, acquiescent, easy.
4. adaptable adjustable, flexible, resilient, elastic.
ANT.: 1. inflexible, hard, rigid, stiff. 2. tight, stiff, out of shape. 3. resistant, rebellious, unyielding. 4. rigid, unchangeable, inflexible
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure: ductile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, workable. See FLEXIBLE. 2. Capable of withstanding stress without injury: elastic, flexible, flexile, resilient, springy. Physics: plastic. See FLEXIBLE. 3. Easily altered or influenced: ductile, elastic, flexible, flexile, impressionable, malleable, plastic, pliable, pliant, suggestible. See FLEXIBLE. 4. Capable of adapting or being adapted: adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, elastic, flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant. See CHANGE. 5. Willing to carry out the wishes of others: amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, submissive, tractable. See RESIST.

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  • Supple — Sup ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suppled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suppling}.] 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. [1913 Webster] The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To make compliant …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Supple — Sup ple, v. i. To become soft and pliant. [1913 Webster] The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • supple — c.1300, from O.Fr. souple pliant, flexible, from Gallo Romance *supples, from L. supplex (gen. supplicis) submissive, humbly begging, lit. bending, kneeling down, thought to be an altered form of *supplacos humbly pleading, appeasing, from sub… …   Etymology dictionary

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