Qualities
Synonyms for elastic
Synonyms for elastic: flexible and resilient. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for elastic
Interchangeable with elastic in this sense
Audited under elastic's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one elastic carries in that sense.
- flexibleadjective, in the sense "able to adjust readily to different conditions"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name elastic as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- resilientresilient is an adjective in the sense "able to spring back to its original shape after being deformed"
The first group is filed under elastic's own sense. The second reaches elastic from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
able to adjust readily to different conditions
An elastic clause in a contract.
The true synonym
flexible
Same sentence, swapped: An flexible clause in a contract.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- extensive
- expansive
- inflationary
Where elastic turns up in the game
elastic is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where elastic is the trap
- prehensileadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is grasping, in the sense "capable of grasping or holding onto something", and elastic is on the board beside it.
Play elastic
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so elastic reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company elastic keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
elastic is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.