<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.</li><li>spontaneously expansive, as gases.</li><li>flexible; accommodating; adaptable; tolerant: elastic rules and regulations.</li><li>Synonyms: pliant, resilient</li><li>Antonyms: unyielding, intolerant, inflexible, rigid</li><li>springing back or rebounding; springy: He walks with an elastic step.</li><li>readily recovering from depression or exhaustion; buoyant: an elastic temperament.</li><li>Economics: relatively responsive to change, as to a proportionate increase in demand as the result of a decrease in price.</li><li>Physics: of, relating to, or noting a body having the property of elasticity.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.</li><li>something made from this material, as a garter.</li><li>rubber band.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>