plastic

adjflexible, soft; made of manufactured, treated compounds
adjeasily influenced
adjartificial; made of manufactured compounds

Synonyms for plastic

adj flexible, soft; made of manufactured, treated compounds

Antonyms for plastic

credit

noun. deferred payment arrangement; assets

Word Origin & History

1630s, "capable of shaping or molding," from Latin plasticus, from Greek plastikos "able to be molded, pertaining to molding, fit for molding," also in reference to the arts, from plastos "molded, formed," verbal adjective from plassein "to mold" (see plasma). Surgical sense of "remedying a deficiency of structure" is first recorded 1839 (in plastic surgery). Meaning "made of plastic" is from 1909. Picked up in counterculture slang with meaning "false, superficial" (1963). Plastic explosive (n.) attested from 1894.

Example Sentences for plastic

It had been well rubbed in, too, made of a plastic adherence by the addition of mucilage.

The plastic fingers were at work about her, moulding her into what she must be as a woman.

The same fluency may be observed in every work of the plastic arts.

Men in plastic sag-suits roved about as individuals, seeking what they might loot.

Already there are holes in my plastic clothing where the beer splashes.

Thayer's influence was strongly good, and Lorimer was of plastic material.

Mr. Simmons has long been a commanding figure in plastic art.

Soon they reached the dirty, plastic front of the Elite Cafe.

He marched out of the plastic igloo and ran toward the service station.

He looked at the cylinder, then at the Steel-Blues crowding around the plastic igloo.

plastic

Synonyms for plastic

Antonyms for plastic

artificial

average

charge card

credit

credit card

plastic

Synonyms for plastic

Antonyms for plastic

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