tensile

  • (a) of or relating to tension
    • tensile stress
    • tensile pull
  • (s) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
    • ductile copper
    • malleable metals such as gold
    • they soaked the leather to made it pliable
    • pliant molten glass
    • made of highly tensile steel alloy
    tractile, ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant,

Synonyms

tractile ductile malleable pliable pliant

Words of close approximity

tension tensity
tensile strength