supple
Bending and moving easily without stiffness.
supple in a sentence
- Years of ballet had made Rosa supple enough to touch her toes with ease.
- Willow branches are supple, bending easily into hoops without ever snapping.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to supple?
- Acreaky
- Bstiff
- Cbendy
- Drigid
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C: bendy. The other three mean the opposite of supple.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to supple?
- Aflexible
- Bspringy
- Cstiff
- Dbendy
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C: stiff. The other three mean nearly the same as supple.
Words that mean something similar
bendy, flexible, springy
Words that mean the opposite
stiff, rigid, creaky
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- swift: Moving very quickly.
- tether: To tie an animal or object to something so it cannot move away.
- thrust: To push something suddenly and hard.
- thwart: To stop someone's plan from succeeding.
- toil: To work very hard for a long time.
- totter: To walk or stand unsteadily, as if about to fall.
- traipse: To walk somewhere slowly and unwillingly because you are tired.
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