I knew it was plastic but it tasted like wood.
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Plastic
//ˈplæstɪk//
Synonyms for "plastic" (284 found)
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Closest matches (57)
Strong matches (85)
commoncommonplacecomplaisantcompliantcompulsiveconcordantconformableconformistconventionalcorrespondingcoumarone resinscoumarone-indenecounterfeitcredit cardcrummydocileductileeducableelasticepoxy
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ever-changingexplosiveextensibleextensileextruded plasticfabricablefacilefictileflexibleflexileflexuousfluidfluorocarbon plasticformableformalformalisticformationalformicafossil resinsfuranegardengarden varietygarden-varietygivinggumgum rosingumsharmoniousimitationimpermanentimpressibleimpressionablein accordin keepingin linein stepinexperiencedinfluenceableinstructableintelligentkaleidoscopickosherlac resinslaminateligninlike puttylimberlissomelithelithesomelotlucitemanageablemany sidedmany-sided
Related words (142)
melaminemeretriciousmetabolicmetamorphicmiddle-classmobilemodifiablemolded plasticmolding compoundsmorphoticmotivatedmovablemultiresinmutablemylarneoprenenitrateno great shakesnonuniformnormal
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nylonobedientopenopen mindedopen-mindedordinaryorthodoxother directedother-directedparcelpastepedanticpermutableperspexpersuadablepersuasibleperviousphenolic ureapinchbeckpine resinsplasmaticplasmicplatplexiglaspliableplotpolyesterpolymerpolymeric amidepolypropylenepolystyrenepolyvinyl chlorideprecisianisticproteanproteiformprotein plasticprotoplasmicpvcquickreadyreceptiveregularresilientresinresin plasticresinaresinateresinoidresponsiveripe for instructionrosinrubberyrun-of-minerun-of-the-millsaran wrapschoolablesensitivesequaciousshamshapableshapeableshoddysilicone resinsoftspringysquarestraightstuffystyrofoamsuasiblesubmissivesuburbansuggestiblesupplesusceptibleswayablesyntheticsynthetic fabricsynthetic resinsynthetic rubbertawdryteachableteflontetrafluoroethylenethermoplasticthermosetting plasticthirsty for knowledgetracttractabletractiletraditionalisttrainabletransienttransitoryunexceptionalunformedunnoteworthyunremarkableunspectacularuptightureaurea formaldehydeusualvariablevegetable resinsversatilevinylwaxyweakwhippywillingwillowyworkableyielding
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
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5 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesat location
11 entriescapable of
4 entriescreated by
1 entriesderived
115 entriesShowing 16 of 115 words.
has context
4 entrieshas property
5 entriesis a
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
made of
1 entriesreceives action
7 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
similar
5 entriesused for
11 entriesTranslations
235 translations across 86 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πλαστικός adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
Arabic
4 entries- بْلَاسْتِيكِيّ adj (made of plastic)
- بلاستك noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- بلاستيك noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- بلاستيك noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Armenian
4 entries- պլաստիկ adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- պլաստմասսայե adj (made of plastic)
- պլաստիկ noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- պլաստմասսա noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plastmas noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Banjarese
1 entries- panyu noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Basque
2 entries- plastiko adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- plastiko noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Belarusian
4 entries- пла́стыкавы adj (made of plastic)
- пластма́савы adj (made of plastic)
- пла́стык noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- пластма́са noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Bengali
2 entries- প্লাস্টিক adj (made of plastic)
- প্লাস্টিক noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Bulgarian
4 entries- пласти́чен adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- пластичен adj (of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material)
- пластма́сов adj (made of plastic)
- приспособяващ се adj (biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions)
Burmese
3 entries- ကော် noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- ပလတ်စတစ် noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- ပလပ်စတစ် noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Catalan
4 entries- plàstic adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- plàstic adj (biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions)
- plàstic adj (made of plastic)
- plàstic noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Cherokee
1 entries- ꮝꮣꭺꭲ noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 塑膠 /塑胶 noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- 膠 /胶 noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 塑料 adj (made of plastic)
- 塑料 noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- 塑膠 /塑胶 noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Czech
4 entries- plastický adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- plastický adj (made of plastic)
- plastový adj (made of plastic)
- tvárný adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
Danish
1 entries- plast noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Dutch
4 entries- kunststof adj (made of plastic)
- plastic adj (made of plastic)
- plastieken adj (made of plastic)
- plastisch adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
Esperanto
2 entries- plasta adj (made of plastic)
- plasto noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Estonian
2 entries- plast noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plastmass noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Faroese
2 entries- plast noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Finnish
4 entries- falski adj (slang, of a person: fake, snobbish)
- keino adj (inferior or not the real thing)
- keinotekoinen adj (inferior or not the real thing)
- luova adj (creative, formative)
French
2 entries- plastique adj (made of plastic)
- plastique noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Galician
2 entries- plástico noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plástico noun (any similar synthetic material)
Georgian
3 entries- პლასტიკი noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- პლასტმასა noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- პლასტმასი noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
German
4 entries- Kunststoff adj (made of plastic)
- Plastik adj (made of plastic)
- plastisch adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- plastisch adj (biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions)
Greek
1 entries- πλαστικό noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Gujarati
1 entries- કચકડું noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Hebrew
1 entries- פְּלָסְטִיק noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Hindi
1 entries- प्लास्टिक noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Hungarian
2 entries- műanyag noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- műanyag noun (any similar synthetic material)
Icelandic
2 entries- plast noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plast noun (colloquial: credit cards or debit cards)
Ido
1 entries- plastiko noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- پِلاسْتیک noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Irish
4 entries- plaisteach adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- plaisteach noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plaisteach noun (any similar synthetic material)
- plaisteach noun (colloquial: credit cards or debit cards)
Italian
4 entries- malleabile adj (biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions)
- plastico adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- plastico adj (made of plastic)
- plastica noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Japanese
2 entries- プラ noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- プラスチック noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Kazakh
2 entries- пластик noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- пластмасса noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្លាស្ទិក noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Korean
1 entries- 플라스틱 noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- пластик noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- пластмасса noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Lao
2 entries- ປະລາສະຕິກ noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- ສະຕິກ noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Latin
2 entries- plastica adj (made of plastic)
- plastica noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Latvian
1 entries- plastmasa noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Lithuanian
1 entries- plastikas noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- plasta noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plasta noun (any similar synthetic material)
Macedonian
1 entries- пластика noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Malay
1 entries- plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Malayalam
1 entries- പ്ലാസ്റ്റിക് noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Marathi
1 entries- प्लास्टिक noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Mongolian
4 entries- хуванцар adj (made of plastic)
- пластик noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- хуванцар noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- ᠬᠤᠪᠠᠨᠴᠠᠷ noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Māori
3 entries- kirihou noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- parahitiki noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- parateke noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Navajo
1 entries- tó doo bináká nílíní noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Nepali
1 entries- प्लास्टिक noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- plastîk noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- plastikk adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- plast noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Pashto
1 entries- پلاستيک noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Polish
4 entries- plastikowy adj (made of plastic)
- plastyczny adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- masa plastyczna noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Portuguese
3 entries- plástico adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- plástico noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plástico noun (any similar synthetic material)
Romanian
1 entries- plastic noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Russian
4 entries- ги́бкий adj (biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions)
- пла́стиковый adj (made of plastic)
- пласти́чный adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- пластма́ссовый adj (made of plastic)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- plastika noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plàstika noun (any similar synthetic material)
- пла̀стика noun (any similar synthetic material)
- пластика noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Slovak
2 entries- plast noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- umelá hmota noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Slovene
1 entries- plastika noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Somali
1 entries- bac noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Spanish
4 entries- de plástico adj (made of plastic)
- maleable adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- maleable adj (biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions)
- plástico adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
Swahili
1 entries- plastiki noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Swedish
4 entries- formbar adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- plast adj (made of plastic)
- plastisk adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- plast noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Tagalog
4 entries- plastik adj (slang, of a person: fake, snobbish)
- makalaw noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plastik noun (any similar synthetic material)
Tajik
4 entries- моддаи пластик noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- моддаи пластикӣ noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- пластик noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- пластмасса noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Tamil
3 entries- நெகிழி adj (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant)
- நெகிழி noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- பிளாஸ்டிக் noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Thai
3 entries- พลาสติก adj (made of plastic)
- พลาสติก noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- พลาสติก noun (any similar synthetic material)
Turkish
2 entries- plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plastik noun (any similar synthetic material)
Turkmen
2 entries- plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plastmassa noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Ukrainian
4 entries- пла́стиковий adj (made of plastic)
- пластма́совий adj (made of plastic)
- пла́стик noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- пластма́са noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Urdu
1 entries- پِلاسْٹِک noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Uyghur
2 entries- سۇلياۋ noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- پىلاستىماسسا noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Uzbek
2 entries- plastik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- plastmassa noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chất dẻo noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
- nhựa noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Walloon
1 entries- plastike noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Welsh
2 entries- plastig adj (made of plastic)
- plastig noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
West-Frisian
2 entries- plestik adj (made of plastic)
- plestik noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Yiddish
2 entries- פּלאַסטיש adj (made of plastic)
- פּלאַסטיק noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Zhuang
1 entries- suliu noun (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
Sample sentences
41 total sentences available.
On May 18, a young Japanese couple was arrested after their one-year-old baby was found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a gutter.
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Even plastic surgery won't do anything for your ugliness.
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For safety purposes, remove the plastic casing before use.
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