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See definition of tensile on Dictionary.com
  • as inflexible
  • as insuggestible

synonyms for tensile

  • malleable
  • soft
  • flexile
  • adjustable
  • bending
  • ductile
  • elastic
  • extensible
  • extensile
  • formable
  • formative
  • impressionable
  • like putty
  • limber
  • lithe
  • moldable
  • plastic
  • pliant
  • spongy
  • springy
  • stretch
  • stretchable
  • stretchy
  • supple
  • tractable
  • tractile
  • whippy
  • willowy
  • yielding
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On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tensile, such as: malleable, soft, flexile, adjustable, bending, and ductile.

antonyms for tensile

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  • firm
  • rigid
  • brittle
  • inflexible
  • obstinate
  • ornery
  • resistant
  • stern
  • stiff
  • stubborn
  • unaccommodating
  • unadaptable
  • unbendable
  • unpliable
  • unresponsive
  • unyielding
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    How to use tensile in a sentence

    Others worried about the tensile strength of all that glass.
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    A high-tensile copper clasp and heavy-duty buckle keep the dog secure.
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    It knocks the wind out of you even before it makes you think—though it does makes you think, too, especially about the tensile fierceness of refusing victimhood.
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    Its average length is about twenty inches, and its tensile strength is superior to that of cotton.
    TEXTILESWILLIAM H. DOOLEY
    It lacks the tensile strength and elasticity, and is of higher specific gravity than true silk.
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    What is very high tensile strength in boiler iron apt to go with?
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    In the first place, it gives the steel a greater tensile strength.
    UNITED STATES STEELARUNDEL COTTER
    Nickel is about ten per cent heavier than steel, and has a tensile strength of 90,000 pounds per square inch.
    OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING AND CUTTINGHAROLD P. MANLY
    It is nearly three times as heavy as steel and its tensile strength is 25,000 pounds per square inch.
    OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING AND CUTTINGHAROLD P. MANLY
    It forms a metal with high tensile strength while being ductile and malleable.
    OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING AND CUTTINGHAROLD P. MANLY
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    WORDS RELATED TO TENSILE

    • adjustable
    • bending
    • ductile
    • elastic
    • extensible
    • extensile
    • flexile
    • formable
    • formative
    • impressionable
    • like putty
    • limber
    • lithe
    • malleable
    • moldable
    • plastic
    • pliant
    • soft
    • spongy
    • springy
    • stretch
    • stretchable
    • stretchy
    • supple
    • tensile
    • tractable
    • tractile
    • whippy
    • willowy
    • yielding
    • adaptable
    • ductile
    • elastic
    • expandable
    • expansible
    • extensible
    • flexible
    • innovative
    • malleable
    • modular
    • plastic
    • tensile
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