springy adj : rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" [syn: bouncy, live, lively, resilient, whippy] [also: springiest, springier]

English

Etymology

spring + -y

Adjective

1. That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.

Synonyms

• bouncy
• elastic
• resilient

Antonyms

• unspringy

Derived terms

• springily
• springiness
• unspringy

adaptable, adaptive, bendable, bending, bouncy, buoyant, compliant, ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, formable, formative, giving, impressible, impressionable, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, lively, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, rebounding, receptive, recoiling, resilient, responsive, sensitive, sequacious, shapable, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, submissive, supple, susceptible, tractable, tractile, whippy, willowy, yielding