- tensile - of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
- ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile - 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"
Antonym: inelastic (indirect, via elastic)
- ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile - 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"