The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed.

synonym: snap.

Roget 171: energy, physical energy, force, power etc. 157; keenness etc. adj.; intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity; go; high pressure; fire; rush.    acrimony, acritude^†; causiticity^†, virulence; poignancy; harshness etc. adj.; severity, edge, point; pungency etc. 392.    cantharides; seasoning etc. (condiment) 393.    activity, agitation, effervescence; ferment, fermentation; ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle; voluntary energy etc. 682; quicksilver.    resolution etc. (mental energy) 604; exertion etc. (effort) 686; excitation etc. (mental) 824.    ... show more

Roget 277: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration^†; kick, contrecoup [Fr.]; springing back etc. v.; elasticity etc. 325; reflection, reflexion [Brit.], reflex, reflux; reverberation etc. (resonance) 408; rebuff, repulse; return.    ducks and drakes; boomerang; spring, reactionist^†.    elastic collision, coefficient of restitution.    ... show more

Roget 159: strength; power etc. 157; energy etc. 171; vigor, force; main force, physical force, brute force; spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity.    stoutness etc. adj.; lustihood^†, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique; pith, pithiness; virtility, vitality.    athletics, athleticism^†; gymnastics, feats of strength.    adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak; iron grip; grit, bone.    athlete, gymnast, acrobat; superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus^†, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath; tower of strength; giant refreshed.    strengthening etc. v.; invigoration, refreshment, refocillation^†.    [Science of forces] dynamics, statics.    ... show more

Roget 157: power; potency, potentiality; jiva^†; puissance, might, force, energy etc. 171; dint; right hand, right arm; ascendency^†, sway, control; prepotency, prepollence^†; almightiness, omnipotence; authority etc. 737; strength etc. 159.    ability; ableness etc. adj.^†; competency; efficacy; efficiency, productivity, expertise (skill) 698; validity, cogency; enablement^†; vantage ground; influence etc. 175.    pressure; conductivity; elasticity; gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism; atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power; fuel cell; hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power; solar power, solar energy, solar panels; tidal power; wind power; attraction; vis inertiae [Lat.], vis mortua [Lat.], vis viva [Lat.]; potential energy, dynamic energy; dynamic friction, dynamic suction; live circuit, live rail, live wire.    capability, capacity; quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent [Lat.]; faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property, qualification, susceptibility.    ... show more

Roget 325: 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.    ... show more

Dutch: elasticiteit, rek, spankracht, veerkracht
Polish: dochodowa elastyczność popytu