supple

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

flexible and able to bend or adapt easily

In a sentence

Supple in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing supple in a sentence.

Years of training kept the dancer's body remarkably supple.

Synonyms

pliantflexiblelimber

Antonyms

stiffrigid

Keep going

to deliberately damage or obstruct something, especially in secret

an intensely sweet, calorie-free artificial sweetener

excessively sweet or sentimental in a cloying way

regarded as too important or sacred to be altered or criticized

having keen practical judgment and discernment

soundness of judgment and acuteness of discernment

most noticeable or important; standing out prominently

of a sickly yellowish or pale complexion

Common questions

Supple (adjective) means flexible and able to bend or adapt easily

Here is supple used in an example sentence: "Years of training kept the dancer's body remarkably supple."

Common synonyms for supple include pliant, flexible, limber.

Antonyms of supple include stiff, rigid.

Supple is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.