limber
Bending and moving easily.
limber in a sentence
- Years of gymnastics had made Aisha so limber she could touch her toes without bending her knees.
- The footballers stretched before the match to keep their muscles limber and ready.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to limber?
- Aflexible
- Btight
- Crigid
- Dstiff
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A: flexible. The other three mean the opposite of limber.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to limber?
- Aflexible
- Bloose
- Cbendy
- Dstiff
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D: stiff. The other three mean nearly the same as limber.
Words that mean something similar
flexible, bendy, loose
Words that mean the opposite
stiff, rigid, tight
More words about movement & action
- lithe: Moving in a smooth, graceful and bendy way.
- loiter: To hang around a place with nothing to do.
- lope: To run with long, easy strides.
- lumber: To move in a slow, heavy and clumsy way.
- lunge: To make a sudden powerful movement towards something.
- lurch: To move suddenly with an unsteady jerk.
- lurk: To wait quietly out of sight, often to do something bad.
- meander: To wander slowly along a winding path.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test