Word Meanings - VERSATILE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird. -- Ver"sa*tile*ly, adv. -- -- Ver"sa*tile*ness, n. (more info) 1. Capable

Additional info about word: VERSATILE

Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird. -- Ver"sa*tile*ly, adv. -- -- Ver"sa*tile*ness, n. (more info) 1. Capable of being turned round. Harte. 2. Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition. 3. Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician. Conspicuous among the youths of high promise . . . was the quick and versatile Montagu. Macaulay.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VERSATILE)

• Timeserving
• Temporizing
• versatile
• servile
• trimming

Related words: (words related to VERSATILE)

• SERVILELY
  In a servile manner; slavishly.
• SERVILENESS
  Quality of being servile; servility.
• TRIMMINGLY
  In a trimming manner.
• TIMESERVING
  Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
• TRIMMING
  a. from Trim, v. The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming, halfway sort of a party. Jeffrey. Trimming joist , a joist into which timber trimmers are framed; a header. See Header. Knight.
• TEMPORIZER
  One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer. A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. Burton.
• SERVILE
  1. Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience. She must bend the servile
• TEMPORIZE
  1. To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties. They might their grievance inwardly complain, But outwardly they needs must temporize. Daniel. 2. To
• TIMESERVER
  One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
• VERSATILE
  Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird. -- Ver"sa*tile*ly, adv. -- -- Ver"sa*tile*ness, n. (more info) 1. Capable
• TRIMMER
  A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header. (more info) 1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
• TEMPORIZINGLY
  In a temporizing or yielding manner.
• TEMPORIZATION
  The act of temporizing. Johnson.
• EXTEMPORIZATION
  The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
• EXTEMPORIZER
  One who extemporizes.
• EXTEMPORIZE
  To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.