supple

supple is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
2. adjective. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
3. adjective. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
4. transitive verb. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
5. transitive verb. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
6. intransitive verb. To become soft and pliant.
7. verb. make pliant and flexible

   "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"

8. adjective. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

   Synonyms: limber

9. adjective. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable

   "a supple mind"

   "a limber imagination"

   Synonyms: limber

10. adjective. moving and bending with ease

    Synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, slender, svelte, sylphlike

Synonyms

limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, slender, svelte, sylphlike

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in supple:

peplus

Common word forms

suppled, suppler, supples, supplely, supplest, suppling, supplement, suppleness, suppletion

Words from these letters

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