bendy C2+ Topic:Describing People US /ˈbɛndi/ UK /ˈbɛndi/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like bandy /ɛ/ vs /æ/ Sounds like vendee /v/ vs /b/ Meanings 1 adj capable of bending easily; flexible The child loved the bendy drinking straw. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · capable of bending easily;... flexiblepliablesupplepliantelasticlimber ↔ Opposites rigidstiffinflexible Word family Derived forms bendiness Related forms bendbendablebender Etymology AI details From bend + -y, from Old English bendan ('to bend'). bendan Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing People Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bendy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈbɛndi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɛndi/ ## Meanings 1. capable of bending easily; flexible ## Examples - The child loved the bendy drinking straw. ## Synonyms - flexible - pliable - supple - pliant - elastic - limber ## Antonyms - rigid - stiff - inflexible ## Derived Forms - bendiness ## Related Forms - bend - bendable - bender ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bendan ## Etymology From bend + -y, from Old English bendan ('to bend'). ## AI Etymology Bendy comes from bend + -y, from Old English bendan ('to bend'). The historical trail runs through bendan in Old English. Morphologically, bendy is transparent: it draws on bend + -y, from Old English bendan ('to bend'). Used as an adjective, bendy now means "capable of bending easily; flexible", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as bendiness and related forms such as bend, bendable, and bender. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct. ## Topics - Describing People - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown