elastic

Meanings

Adjective

• Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
• Made of elastic.
• Of clothing, elasticated.
• Sensitive to changes in price.
• springy; bouncy; vivacious
• Pervasive, all-encompassing.
• Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials.

Noun

• An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
• An elastic band.

Related

Similar words

• stretchy
• stretchable

Origin

• From French élastique, from New Latin elasticus, from Ancient Greek ἐλαστός, alternative form of ἐλατός (cf. ἐλατήρ), from ἐλαύνω.