Roget's Thesaurus

#325. Elasticity

Nouns

elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy. rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic. flexibility, Young's modulus.

Verbs

stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic etc. adj.; bounce, spring back etc. (recoil) 277.

Adjectives

elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant; ductile, stretchable, extendable.

Phrases

the stress is proportional to the strain.