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extensible

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
ex-ten-si-ble
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being extended.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extēnsibilis, from extendō (“to extend”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: extēnsibilis

Inflected Forms

more extensible (comparative) most extensible (superlative)

Derived Forms

extensibleness hyperextensible unextensible

Frequently Paired Words

extensibility shortenable

Synonyms

extendible extendable extensile

Antonyms

inextensible

Questions

What does extensible mean?
Capable of being extended.
Where does extensible come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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