Meanings
comparative more adaptable · superlative most adaptable
- Willing or able to adapt to circumstances; flexible.
She had had to turn out of her own room to accommodate him, but if one kept an apartment-house one had to be adaptable; […]
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados1 more example
Joan was adaptable, and easily fell in with the prevalent tone. She played her small jokes on each, and this readily dissolved restraint, and put all on terms of easy friendship.
1901, Sabine Baring-Gould, The FrobishersAntonyms: unadaptable, inadaptable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of being adapted.
adjectiveWilling or able to adapt to circumstances; flexible.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
- Proto-Italic*aptos
- Latinaptus
- Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
- Proto-Italic*apjō
- Latinapiō
- Latinaptō
- Latinadaptō
- Middle English*adapten
- Englishadapt
- Englishadaptable
Translations
Bulgarian приспособим
- приспособим (prisposobim)capable of adapting or of being adapted
Catalan adaptable
- adaptablecapable of adapting or of being adapted
Czech přizpůsobivý
- přizpůsobivýcapable of adapting or of being adapted
Dutch aanpasbaar
- aanpasbaarcapable of adapting or of being adapted
Esperanto akomodiĝema
- akomodiĝemacapable of adapting or of being adapted
Estonian kohandatav
- kohandatavcapable of adapting or of being adapted
Finnish sopeutuva, mukautuva
- sopeutuvacapable of adapting or of being adapted
- mukautuvacapable of adapting or of being adapted
French adaptable
- adaptablecapable of adapting or of being adapted
German anpassungsfähig
- anpassungsfähigcapable of adapting or of being adapted
Greek ευπροσάρμοστος
- ευπροσάρμοστος (efprosármostos)capable of adapting or of being adapted
Italian adattabile
- adattabilecapable of adapting or of being adapted
Korean 적응(適用)할 수 있는
- 적응(適用)할 수 있는 (jeogeunghal su inneun)capable of adapting or of being adapted
Polish giętki, adaptowalny
- giętkicapable of adapting or of being adapted
- adaptowalnycapable of adapting or of being adapted
Portuguese adaptável
- adaptávelcapable of adapting or of being adapted
Romanian adaptabil
- adaptabilcapable of adapting or of being adapted
Russian приспособля́емый, приспоса́бливаемый
- приспособля́емый (prisposobljájemyj)capable of adapting or of being adapted
- приспоса́бливаемый (prisposáblivajemyj)capable of adapting or of being adapted
- адапти́руемый (adaptírujemyj)capable of adapting or of being adapted
Spanish adaptable, amoldable
- adaptablecapable of adapting or of being adapted
- amoldablecapable of adapting or of being adapted
- acomodadizocapable of adapting or of being adapted
- acomodaticiocapable of adapting or of being adapted
Swedish anpassningsbar
- anpassningsbarcapable of adapting or of being adapted
Turkish uyumlu
- uyumlucapable of adapting or of being adapted
Cite this entry
adaptable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaptable
“adaptable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaptable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adaptable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaptable.
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