plastic

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Synonyms: elastic, clastic, aplastic, blastic, plastid, plasmic, plastin, -plastic, plastik, platic

Antonyms: elastic, clastic, aplastic, blastic, plastid, plasmic, plastin, -plastic, plastik, platic

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Noun

1. A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based [[polymer]], whether [[thermoplastic]] or [[thermosetting]].
2. {{lb|en|colloquial|metonym}} [[credit card|Credit]] or [[debit card]]s used in place of [[cash]] to buy goods and services.
3. {{lb|en|figurative|slang}} [[insincerity|Insincerity]]; [[fakeness]]. {{rfex|en}}
4. {{lb|en|figurative|slang}} A person who is [[fake]] or [[arrogant]], or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a [[narcissistic]], [[affected]] person.
5. {{lb|en|slang|countable}} An instance of [[plastic surgery]].
6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[sculptor]], [[moulder]].
7. {{lb|en|archaic}} Any solid but malleable substance.
8. {{lb|en|slang}} {{syn of|en|Plastic Paddy}}.

Adjective

1. Capable of being [[moulded]]; [[malleable]], [[flexible]], [[pliant]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|medicine|now|rare}} Producing [[tissue]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|dated}} [[creative|Creative]], [[formative]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|biology}} Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
5. Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
6. Made of plastic. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|figurative|derogatory}} Inferior or not the real thing. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
8. {{lb|en|figurative|informal|of a person}} [[fake|Fake]], [[insincere]], especially in a [[shallow]] and [[conformist]] way pretending to [[smoothness]] and [[glossy]] [[flawlessness]].
9. {{lb|en|informal|birdwatching|of an individual bird}} Escaped from captivity, rather than wild.
10. {{lb|en|informal|birdwatching|of a species or individual bird}} [[introduced|Introduced]], rather than [[native]] or naturally [[vagrant]].

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