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waxy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of WAXY

capable of being easily molded or modeled <the children made little animals with the colorful, waxy modeling clay>

Synonyms malleable, moldable, shapable (or shapeable), waxy

Related Words adaptable; bendable, bendy [chiefly British], ductile, pliable, pliant, supple, waxen, willowy; elastic, flexible, flexile, limber, resilient, workable; bending, giving, kneadable, tractable, yielding

Near Antonyms inflexible, intractable, rigid, stiff

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