Meanings
adjectiveextensible (comparative more extensible, superlative most extensible)
comparative more extensible · superlative most extensible
- Capable of being extended.
Synonyms: extendible, extendable · Antonyms: inextensible
Synonyms & antonyms
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adjectivecapable of being protruded or stretched or opened out
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinextēnsibilis
- Englishextensible
Borrowed from Latin extēnsibilis, from extendō (“to extend”).
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Bulgarian разтегателен
- разтегателен (raztegatelen)capable of being extended
Catalan extensible
- extensiblecapable of being extended
Chinese Mandarin 可展開的 /可展开的
- 可展開的 /可展开的 (kězhǎnkāidì)capable of being extended
Czech rozšiřitelný
- rozšiřitelnýcapable of being extended
French extensible
- extensiblecapable of being extended
German erweiterbar
- erweiterbarcapable of being extended
Greek επεκτάσιμος
- επεκτάσιμος (epektásimos)capable of being extended
Italian estensibile, prolungabile
- estensibilecapable of being extended
- prolungabilecapable of being extended
Latin extēnsibilis
- extēnsibiliscapable of being extended
Portuguese extensível, estendível
- extensívelcapable of being extended
- estendívelcapable of being extended
Romanian extensibil
- extensibilcapable of being extended
Spanish extensible
- extensiblecapable of being extended
Turkish uzatılabilir, uzayabilir
- uzatılabilircapable of being extended
- uzayabilircapable of being extended
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APA
extensible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extensible
MLA
“extensible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extensible. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extensible,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extensible.
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