Need another word that means the same as “supple”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “supple” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Supple” are: limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, sinuous, nimble, flexible, loose-jointed, agile, acrobatic, fit, deft, willowy, graceful, elegant, pliant, pliable, soft, bendable, workable, malleable, stretchy, stretchable, elastic, springy, yielding, rubbery, plastic, resilient
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “supple” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| acrobatic | Performing, involving, or adept at spectacular gymnastic feats. An acrobatic dive. |
| agile | Able to move quickly and easily. Sleek and agile as a gymnast. |
| bendable | Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking. |
| deft | Neatly skilful and quick in one’s movements. A deft waiter. |
| elastic | Capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy. The labour supply is very elastic. |
| elegant | (of a scientific theory or solution to a problem) pleasingly ingenious and simple. An elegant mathematical solution simple and precise and lucid. |
| fit | Meeting adequate standards for a purpose. A fit subject on which to correspond. |
| flexible | Capable of being changed. A flexible personality. |
| graceful | Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. She was a tall girl slender and graceful. |
| limber | Capable of moving or bending freely. I have to practise to keep myself limber. |
| lissom | Moving and bending with ease. The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers. |
| lissome | Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease. |
| lithe | Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease. She lay gazing up at his tall lithe figure. |
| lithesome | Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease. |
| loose-jointed | Loosely articulated or constructed. |
| malleable | Easily influenced. A malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet. |
| nimble | (of the mind) able to think and understand quickly. As nimble as a deer. |
| plastic | Made of plastic. Plastic bottles. |
| pliable | Able to adjust readily to different conditions. Quality leather is pliable and will not crack. |
| pliant | Easily bent. Pliant molten glass. |
| resilient | Recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like. As resilient as seasoned hickory. |
| rubbery | Having a tough elastic texture, like that of rubber. Portions of rubbery unseasoned canned spaghetti. |
| sinuous | Having many curves and turns. The sinuous grace of a cat. |
| soft | Used chiefly as a direction or description in music soft in a quiet subdued tone. The government is not becoming soft on crime. |
| springy | Elastic; rebounds readily. The springy turf. |
| stretchable | Capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape. |
| stretchy | (especially of material or a garment) able to stretch or be stretched easily. Stretchy miniskirts. |
| willowy | (of a person) tall, slim, and lithe. Willowy meadow land. |
| workable | Able to be worked, fashioned, or manipulated. More flour and salt can be added until they make a workable dough. |
| yielding | Inclined to yield to argument or influence or control. A timid yielding person. |
| ductile | Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out. Ductile copper. |
| ductility | The malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets. |
| easy | With ease easy is sometimes used informally for easily. Just wanted to take it easy. |
| extended | Fully extended or stretched forth. The extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes. |
| flexible | (of a person) ready and able to change so as to adapt to different circumstances. Small businesses which are dependent on flexible working hours. |
| gangly | Tall and thin and having long slender limbs. |
| grace | In Greek mythology three beautiful goddesses Aglaia Thalia and Euphrosyne believed to personify and bestow charm grace and beauty. She has all the social graces. |
| graceful | Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. She was a tall girl slender and graceful. |
| impressionable | Easily impressed or influenced. Children are highly impressionable and susceptible to advertising. |
| lank | Of a person lanky. The man had lank brown greasy hair. |
| limber | Attach the limber. A limber imagination. |
| lissom | (of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful. The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers. |
| lithe | Moving and bending with ease. She lay gazing up at his tall lithe figure. |
| malleability | The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking. |
| malleable | (of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking. A malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet. |
| plasticity | The quality of being easily shaped or moulded. Fine clay at the right degree of plasticity is more useful. |
| pliable | Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking. Pliable teenage minds. |
| pliant | Easily bent. A more pliant prime minister. |
| silhouette | Project on a background such as a screen like a silhouette. The castle was silhouetted against the sky. |
| slender | Being of delicate or slender build Frank Norris. Slender wages. |
| slim | A course or period of slimming. Restructuring and slimming down the organization. |
| sophisticated | Appealing to or frequented by people who are sophisticated. A sophisticated lifestyle. |
| stretch | Easily stretched. Small squares of canvas were stretched over the bamboo frame. |
| susceptible | (of a person) easily influenced by feelings or emotions; sensitive. They only do it to tease him he s too susceptible. |
| svelte | Being of delicate or slender build. She was svelte and sophisticated. |
| thin | Make thin or thinner. A thin sliced loaf. |
| urbane | Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience. The supposedly urbane restrained English gentleman. |
| waif | A young person who is thin and looks unhealthy or uncared for. A little shop presided over by a Gothic waif in purple eyeshadow and lipstick. |
| willowy | Slender and graceful. Willowy meadow land. |
| yielding | The act of conceding or yielding. A gentle yielding person. |
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