Lack of flexibility is an obstacle to one's progress.
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Flexibility
//ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti//
Synonyms for "flexibility" (138 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (69)
modifiabilitymoldabilitymovabilitymutabilitynonstrictnessnonuniformityobedienceobservanceorthodoxypermutabilityplasticityplaypliabilitypliancypracticalityreboundreceptivenessreconcilementreconciliationrenaissance man
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renaissance versatilityresilienceresiliencyresponsivenessrubberinesssensibilitysensitivenesssequacityservilitysnapspringspringinessstretchstretchabilitystretchinessstrictnesssubmissivenesssubserviencesupplenesssusceptibilitytensilenesstensilitytonetonicitytonustractilitytraditionalismtransiencetransitorinessunausterenessundemandingnessunharshnessuniformityunseverenessunsternnessunstrictnessuntroublesomenessversatilitywieldablenesswieldinesswiggle roomwillowinessyieldingness
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43 translations across 33 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- epshmëri noun (quality of being flexible)
Arabic
1 entries- مُرُونة noun (quality of being flexible)
Armenian
1 entries- ճկունություն noun (quality of being flexible)
Catalan
1 entries- flexibilitat noun (quality of being flexible)
Czech
1 entries- ohebnost noun (quality of being flexible)
Danish
3 entries- bøjelighed noun (quality of being flexible)
- fleksibilitet noun (quality of being flexible)
- smidighed noun (quality of being flexible)
Esperanto
1 entries- fleksebleco noun (quality of being flexible)
Finnish
1 entries- joustavuus noun (quality of being flexible)
French
2 entries- flexibilité noun (quality of being flexible)
- souplesse noun (quality of being flexible)
Galician
1 entries- flexibilidade noun (quality of being flexible)
Georgian
2 entries- დრეკადობა noun (quality of being flexible)
- მოქნილობა noun (quality of being flexible)
German
1 entries- Flexibilität noun (quality of being flexible)
Greek
2 entries- ευελιξία noun (quality of being flexible)
- ευκαμψία noun (quality of being flexible)
Hebrew
1 entries- גְּמִישׁוּת noun (quality of being flexible)
Italian
1 entries- flessibilità noun (quality of being flexible)
Japanese
3 entries- フレキシビリティ noun (quality of being flexible)
- 可撓性 noun (quality of being flexible)
- 柔軟性 noun (quality of being flexible)
Korean
1 entries- 유연성 noun (quality of being flexible)
Latin
1 entries- flexibilitās noun (quality of being flexible)
Manx
2 entries- so-lhoobaght noun (quality of being flexible)
- so-vioraght noun (quality of being flexible)
Māori
1 entries- ngohengohenga noun (quality of being flexible)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- çemînbarî noun (quality of being flexible)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bøyelighet noun (quality of being flexible)
- fleksibilitet noun (quality of being flexible)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fleksibilitet noun (quality of being flexible)
Polish
1 entries- elastyczność noun (quality of being flexible)
Portuguese
1 entries- flexibilidade noun (quality of being flexible)
Romanian
1 entries- flexibilitate noun (quality of being flexible)
Russian
1 entries- ги́бкость noun (quality of being flexible)
Slovak
1 entries- flexibilita noun (quality of being flexible)
Spanish
1 entries- flexibilidad noun (quality of being flexible)
Swedish
1 entries- flexibilitet noun (quality of being flexible)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagkahutukin noun (quality of being flexible)
Thai
1 entries- ความยืดหยุ่น noun (quality of being flexible)
Turkish
2 entries- elastikiyet noun (quality of being flexible)
- esneklik noun (quality of being flexible)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Flexibility is one of the many advantages of working from home.
Source: tatoeba (737496)
Lack of flexibility is an obstacle to progress.
Source: tatoeba (2716465)
I'm fascinated by the extraordinary flexibility of this language.
Source: tatoeba (3533869)
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