adaptable
/əˈdaptəb(ə)l
/adjective
1Able to adjust to new conditions: rats are highly adaptable to change...
- All the depicted vegetation is highly resilient and adaptable to the most hostile surroundings.
- Most perennials are adaptable to sun or shade, various soil and water conditions.
- They must be flexible and adaptable to ever-changing schedules and situations.
Synonyms
flexible, adjustable, pliant, compliant, malleable, versatile, resilient, conformable, multiskilled;
easy-going, accommodating, obliging, cooperative, amenable
informal easy
1.1Able to be modified for a new use or purpose: telephone links that are adaptable for modems...
- Therefore, it would be easily adaptable for multiple purposes.
- Acoustical control poses one of the greatest challenges to adaptable interiors.
- It is a compact, drop-point fixed blade designed for easy carry and adaptable to many uses.
Synonyms
versatile, variable, convertible, alterable, modifiable, adjustable, changeable;
multipurpose, all-purpose
Derivatives
adaptably
- How can we take this notion even more adaptably into our lives?
- And some societies succeed in developing a set of institutions that makes it possible for the society to change adaptably.
- It explains how the architecture helps automatically, adaptably plan and manage the diagnosis process.