plastic: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 11 letter points · starts with P · ends with C
Meaning of plastic
noun
- countable, uncountable
A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- colloquial, countable, metonymically, uncountable
Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
Example: I knew the war between cash and credit cards was over and plastic had won, hands down, when even Mickey D's started taking credit and debit cards.
- countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable
Insincerity; fakeness.
- countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable
A person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.
Listed forms: plastics, plastick.
Source: Wiktionary — plastic.
adj
Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
Made of plastic.
Listed forms: plastick.
Source: Wiktionary — plastic.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for plastic.
adjective
capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
adjective
capable of being influenced or formed
adjective
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
noun
a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
- charge card
- charge plate
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is plastic in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of plastic
P(3) + L(1) + A(1) + S(1) + T(1) + I(1) + C(3) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of plastic
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from plastic
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