Need another word that means the same as “plastic”? Find 33 synonyms and 30 related words for “plastic” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Plastic” are: charge card, charge plate, credit card, debit card, cash card, swipe card, fictile, moldable, pliant, formative, shaping, artificial, false, synthetic, fake, superficial, pseudo, sham, bogus, ersatz, assumed, spurious, specious, unnatural, insincere, malleable, pliable, ductile, flexible, soft, workable, supple, bendable
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “plastic” as a noun can have the following definitions:
cash card | Money in the form of bills or coins. |
charge card | The libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object. |
charge plate | The price charged for some article or service. |
credit card | Arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services. |
debit card | An accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing. |
swipe card | A sweeping stroke or blow. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “plastic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
artificial | Artificially formal. An artificial diamond. |
assumed | (of a manner or identity) taken on or adopted, sometimes falsely. The assumed rate of return. |
bendable | Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking. |
bogus | Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. A bogus insurance claim. |
ductile | Easily influenced. Ductile copper. |
ersatz | Not real or genuine. Ersatz emotion. |
fake | Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. A fake Cockney accent. |
false | Used in names of plants animals and gems that superficially resemble the thing properly so called e g false oat. A false assumption. |
fictile | Susceptible to being led or directed. Fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda. |
flexible | Capable of bending easily without breaking. Flexible rubber seals. |
formative | Relating to a person’s development. A formative zone in developing bone. |
insincere | Not expressing genuine feelings. She flashed him an insincere smile. |
malleable | Easily influenced; pliable. A malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet. |
moldable | Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material. |
pliable | Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out. Quality leather is pliable and will not crack. |
pliant | Easily influenced or directed; yielding. Pliant willow stems. |
pseudo | Not genuine; spurious or sham. Pseudoclassic. |
sham | Bogus; false. A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage. |
shaping | Forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning. |
soft | Soft and mild not harsh or stern or severe. You use only half as much soap when you clean with soft water. |
specious | Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing. A specious argument. |
spurious | (of offspring) illegitimate. A spurious argument. |
superficial | Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely. He had only the most superficial knowledge of foreign countries. |
supple | Capable of moving or bending freely. Her supple fingers. |
synthetic | Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially. All men are arrogant is a synthetic proposition. |
unnatural | Not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm. The artificial turf looks an unnatural green. |
workable | Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are. A workable peace settlement. |
chopstick | One of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with. |
concavity | The property possessed by a concave shape. The concavity of her stomach. |
container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another. More containers can run on a server than traditional virtual machines. |
copper | A copper penny. Coppered pins. |
crucible | A situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new. The crucible tipped and the mould filled with liquid metal. |
cup | An ornamental trophy in the form of a cup usually made of gold or silver and having a stem and two handles awarded as a prize in a sports contest. Cup the milk. |
dish | The food contained or served in a dish. She prepared a special dish for dinner. |
ductility | The malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets. |
elasticity | The ability of an object or material to resume its normal shape after being stretched or compressed; stretchiness. Aging can decrease the elasticity of your skin. |
glass | Become glassy or take on a glass like appearance. The black volcanic glass makes the beaches sparkle. |
ladle | Serve soup stew or sauce with a ladle. Ladle soup into the bowl. |
lid | An eyelid. I ve got a lid for you to try on. |
malleability | The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking. |
mold | Become moldy spoil due to humidity. A lobster mold. |
molding | Sculpture produced by molding. |
plastically | In a plastic manner. |
plasticity | The adaptability of an organism to changes in its environment or differences between its various habitats. Fine clay at the right degree of plasticity is more useful. |
pliable | Easily influenced. They soaked the leather to made it pliable. |
recyclable | Capable of being used again. Recyclable plastic. |
reusable | Capable of being used again. Glass reusables cut solid waste by 88 percent. |
rubber | Rubber boots galoshes. A pencil with a rubber at the end. |
scoop | A quantity taken up by a scoop. I scooped the grain into the bag. |
silver | Made of or coloured like silver. Sorrow and anxiety had aged his father s face and silvered his hair. |
spatula | A hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances. |
spoon | Of two people lie close together sideways and front to back so as to fit together like spoons. He spooned his shot high over the bar. |
tableware | Crockery, cutlery, and glassware used for serving and eating meals at a table. |
translucent | Allowing light to pass through diffusely. Translucent amber. |
utensil | A tool, container, or other article, especially for household use. Kitchen utensils. |
vinyl | Synthetic resin or plastic consisting of polyvinyl chloride or a related polymer used for wallpapers and other covering materials and for records. Sales of vinyl recordings. |
waxy | Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking. Waxy potatoes. |
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