elastic

Other forms of elastic

plural

elastics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about elastic

What does elastic mean?

elastic means "a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in elastic?

elastic has 3 syllables: e-las-tic. The stress falls on "las". In IPA it is /ɪˈlæstɪk/.

What is another word for elastic?

Close synonyms include rubber band, elastic band, flexible, pliable, pliant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of elastic?

The recorded antonyms are inelastic.

Is elastic a common word?

elastic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with elastic?

3 words rhyme with elastic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.