versatile
Capable of doing many things competently.
Adjective
- Capable of doing many things competently.
- Ruthanna Boris, a versatile dancer and choreographer who was the first American ballerina to be a star of one of the prestigious Ballets Russes troupes of the ’40s, died Friday at her home in El Cerrito, Calif. She was...
- Having varied uses or many functions.
- Changeable or inconstant.
- Capable of moving freely in all directions.
- The versatile anther is an important step up in flowering plant evolution and it may be the most widespread of all simple anther types. - 1996, William G. D'Arcy, edited by William G. D'Arcy and Richard C. Keating, The...
- Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).
- Among men who do engage in anal intercourse, about one-quarter are tops, one-quarter are bottoms, and one-half are versatile. - 2017, Simon LeVay, Gay, Straight, and the Reason why: The Science of Sexual Orientation:
Synonyms: vers
- Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.
- Capable of being either a dominant or a submissive partner in a sexual relationship.
Origin
From Latin versātilis (“turning easily”), from versātus, past participle of versō (“to turn, change”), frequentative of vertō (“to turn”).