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adaptable

  • /əˈdæptəbəl/ US

adjective more adaptable · most adaptable

  1. Capable of being adapted. an adaptable electric plug for international use

    Opposite: unadaptable

  2. Willing or able to adapt to circumstances; flexible. She had had to turn out of her own room to accommodate him, but if one kept an apartment-house one had to be adaptable; […]

    Opposite: unadaptable, inadaptable

Similar: adaptive

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: filmable, adjustable, convertible, variable, pliant, pliable, flexible, labile, elastic, all-mains, adapted, adaptive, adapt, adjust, compatible, customizable

adjective

Similar: adaptive

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adj capable of adapting or of being adapted

Españoladaptable, amoldable, acomodadizo, acomodaticio
한국어적응(適用)할 수 있는 jeogeunghal su inneun
Portuguêsadaptável
Françaisadaptable
Deutschanpassungsfähig
Italianoadattabile
Ελληνικάευπροσάρμοστος efprosármostos
Românăadaptabil
Русскийприспособля́емый prisposobljájemyj, приспоса́бливаемый prisposáblivajemyj, адапти́руемый adaptírujemyj

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@misc{adaptable_2026,
  title = {adaptable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adaptable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}