versatile

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   able to move freely in all directions

   an owl's versatile toe can move backward and forward

2. 2
   adj

   competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another

   a versatile writer

3. 3
   adj

   changeable or inconstant

   versatile moods

4. 4
   adj

   Capable of moving freely in all directions.

   The versatile anther is an important step up in flowering plant evolution and it may be the most widespread of all simple anther types.

5. 5
   adj

   Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).

   Among men who do engage in anal intercourse, about one-quarter are tops, one-quarter are bottoms, and one-half are versatile.

6. 6
   adj

   having great diversity or variety

7. 7
   adj

   Capable of doing many things competently.

8. 8
   adj

   Having varied uses or many functions.

Etymology

From Latin versātilis (“turning easily”), from versātus, past participle of versō (“to turn, change”), frequentative of vertō (“to turn”).