🧩 Able to expand 🦎 Able to stretch

extensible

6.3

Can stretch to become longer, like a tongue or tape

adjective
/ɪkˈstɛnsəbl/

: extensible

They explain that the concomitant incorporation of DDC fields into the authority format was rejected; however, as the authority format is not extensible enough.

Examples

The company's new software is highly extensible, allowing developers to add custom features easily.
XML, or the Extensible Markup Language, is a wonderful data format that can be used for almost anything.

Blog text (16)
Scalability and extensibility have been major assets for silicon technologies, for not all technologies are scalable or extensible.

Academic text (1997)
Documents passed to and from HTTP requests can be formatted using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Academic text (2012)
This modular furniture is extensible; it can be adjusted to fit larger spaces as needed.
He bought an extensible garden hose that expands when filled with water and shrinks for easy storage.

Synonyms

stretchy

vsextensible

10 1.9

A fabric you can pull that returns to its old shape

means general ability to be lengthened without implying spring back

expandable

vsextensible

7 4.2

Something that can become larger or hold more

emphasizes making larger rather than the physical action of stretching or opening

extendable

vsextensible

1 3.7

Can be made longer or larger

focuses on the same lengthening or opening ability rather than other changes

stretchable

vsextensible

1 2.6

Becomes longer when you pull it and then goes back to its original size

describes general stretchability without requiring elastic recovery

extensile

vsextensible

Specialized

8.7

Can stretch out like a tongue or arm to reach farther than usual

is the exact technical term for that identical capability

extendible

vsextensible

4.4

Able to become longer or larger for more use

refers to the same length increase without adding other properties

distensible

vsextensible

Specialized

9.9

Can stretch or get larger when pressed

covers stretching more generally, not only pressure driven expansion

expandible

vsextensible

5.0

That can become larger in size

focuses on increase in size rather than on being opened or stretched

expansible

vsextensible

7.3

Able to get bigger in size or volume

refers to expansion generally, not specifically to being stretched open

deployable

vsextensible

4.5

Can unfold or open from a small folded shape for use

means general extendability rather than the specific unfolding or deployment action

Antonyms

rigid

35 4.0

Does not bend because it is stiff

inextensible

9.8

Does not stretch or become longer

How Extensible

expandable

7 4.2

stretchable

1 2.6

extensible

6.3

inflexible

1 4.9

Surface Forms

extensible positive

Morphology

extensible = extend (transparent) = extend + ible

The adjective is a standard derivation from the verb 'extend' with the suffix '-ible', meaning 'capable of being extended'; the slight stem alternation does not obscure the meaning for most learners.

Etymology

The word extensible comes from the parts ex- 'out' and tendere 'to stretch', the same root as the common word extend. A helpful image is a frog's tongue or a tape measure that can stretch out, so extensible means able to be stretched or opened out.