HARD-AND-FAST Antonyms

• capable of being changed

• able to flex; able to bend easily

• making or willing to make concessions

• able to adjust readily to different conditions

• bending and snapping back readily without breaking

• tolerant or lenient

• not strict

• characterized by tolerance and mercy

• not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

• not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting

• not affixed

• without restraint

• (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

• not officially recognized or controlled

• not literal

• emptying easily or excessively

• not tense or taut

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

• not carefully arranged in a package

• having escaped, especially from confinement

• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• turn loose or free from restraint

• make loose or looser

• become loose or looser or less tight

• susceptible to being led or directed

• capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

• able to adjust readily to different conditions

• capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking