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Synonyms for rigid
ˈrɪdʒ ɪdrigid

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rigidadjective

    Synonyms:
    inflexible, unbending

    Antonyms:
    flexible, compromising, moving

  2. rigidadjective

    Stiff, rather than flexible.

    Synonyms:
    inflexible, unbending

    Antonyms:
    moving, flexible, compromising

  3. rigidadjective

    Fixed, rather than moving.

    Synonyms:
    unbending, inflexible

    Antonyms:
    compromising, flexible, moving

  4. rigidadjective

    Rigorous and unbending.

    Synonyms:
    unbending, inflexible

    Antonyms:
    flexible, compromising, moving

  5. rigidadjective

    Uncompromising.

    Synonyms:
    inflexible, unbending

    Antonyms:
    flexible, moving, compromising

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. rigid

    That is severe which is devoid of all softness, mildness, tenderness, indulgence or levity, or (in literature and art) devoid of unnecessary ornament, amplification, or embellishment of any kind; as, a severe style; as said of anything painful, severe signifies such as heavily taxes endurance or resisting power; as, a severe pain, fever, or winter. Rigid signifies primarily stiff, resisting any effort to change its shape; a corpse is said to be rigid in death; hence, in metaphorical sense, a rigid person or character is one that resists all efforts to change the will or course of conduct; a rigid rule or statement is one that admits of no deviation. Rigorous is nearly akin to rigid, but is a stronger word, having reference to action or active qualities, as rigid does to state or character; a rigid rule may be rigorously enforced. Strict (Latin stringo, bind) signifies bound or stretched tight, tense, strenuously exact. Stern unites harshness and authority with strictness or severity; stern, as said even of inanimate objects, suggests something authoritative or forbidding. Austere signifies severely simple or temperate, strict in self-restraint or discipline, and similarly unrelenting toward others. We speak of austere morality, rigid rules, rigorous discipline, stern commands, severe punishment, harsh speech or a harsh voice, hard requirements, strict injunctions, and strict obedience. Strict discipline holds one exactly and unflinchingly to the rule; rigorous discipline punishes severely any infraction of it. The austere character is seldom lovely, but it is always strong and may be grand, commanding, and estimable.

    Synonyms:
    austere, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, morose, relentless, rigorous, severe, stern, stiff, strict, uncompromising, unmitigated, unrelenting, unyielding

    Antonyms:
    affable, bland, easy, genial, gentle, indulgent, lenient, mild, pliable, soft, sweet, tender, tractable, yielding

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rigid

    Synonyms:
    stiff, unpliant, unflexible, stubborn, tough, stark, staunch, unswerving, exact, unbending, undeviating, austere

    Antonyms:
    pliant, docile, flexible, variable, mild, lenient, inexact, yielding, inconstant, inconsistent

Princeton's WordNet4.5 / 2 votes

  1. rigid, stiffadjective

    incapable of or resistant to bending

    "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"

    Synonyms:
    stiff, slopped, pissed, blind drunk, unfaltering, fixed, besotted, steadfast, buckram, blotto, pixilated, cockeyed, crocked, potent, fuddled, tight, firm, inflexible, soused, sozzled, starchy, squiffy, unbendable, plastered, soaked, unshakable, unwavering, unbending, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, strong, set, loaded, strict, wet, steady

    Antonyms:
    adaptable, nonrigid, moving, flexile, flexible, tolerant

  2. rigid, strictadjective

    incapable of compromise or flexibility

    Synonyms:
    strict, set, rigorous, stiff, hard-and-fast, unbending, exacting, stern, inflexible, fixed, nonindulgent

    Antonyms:
    nonrigid, adaptable, tolerant, flexible, moving, flexile

  3. inflexible, rigid, unbendingadjective

    incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

    "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"

    Synonyms:
    stiff, strict, unbending, set, sturdy, uncompromising, inflexible, fixed

    Antonyms:
    tolerant, flexile, adaptable, flexible, nonrigid, moving

  4. rigidadjective

    designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

    Synonyms:
    fixed, unbending, inflexible, stiff, set, strict

    Antonyms:
    nonrigid, moving, flexible, tolerant, flexile, adaptable

  5. fixed, set, rigidadjective

    fixed and unmoving

    "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain"

    Synonyms:
    strict, placed, determined, set, fit(p), situated, stiff, frozen, set(p), inflexible, primed(p), fixed, unbending, dictated, located, laid, hardened

    Antonyms:
    tolerant, adaptable, flexible, flexile, moving, nonrigid

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rigidadjective

    Synonyms:
    stiff, inflexible, unpliant, unbending, unyielding

  2. rigidadjective

    Synonyms:
    sharp, severe, strict, stern, rigorous, harsh, austere

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rigidadjective

    Synonyms:
    inflexible, stiff, unyielding, unpliant, rigorous, severe, austere, strict

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How to use rigid in a sentence?

  1. Panos Kammenos:

    If we see that Germany remains rigid and wants to blow apart Europe, then we have the obligation to go to Plan B. Plan B is to get funding from another source, it could be the United States at best, it could be Russia, it could be China or other countries.

  2. Jeremy Goldbogen:

    First we have to find a blue whale, which can be very difficult because these animals range across vast swaths of the open ocean. By combining many years of field experience and some luck, we position a small, rigid-hulled, inflatable boat on the whale's left side, we then have to deploy the tag using a six-meter (20-foot) long carbon-fiber pole. As the whale surfaces to breathe, we tag the whale in a location that we think is closest to the heart: just behind the whale's left flipper.

  3. Matthew Prince:

    Davos is very structured. It's rigid in its form and designed not to embarrass or offend anyone, ever, there's almost nothing more embarrassing than standing up with a microphone, trying to sing. And it turns out the skill to be the CEO or crown prince doesn't translate so well to lounge singer.

  4. Gerges Scott:

    Private prisons have the same standards and guidelines as federal prisons, there is a lot more accountability for private prisons. Union workers in public prisons provide a lot of leniency for their employees. In a private prison, a majority are not unionized, so the oversight is very rigid.

  5. Wilfried Porth:

    We do not want to cut back worker protection, but we need to leave people the freedom to decide what hours they work, extremely strenuous physical labor, which requires rigid rules - we don't have that to the same extent as we used to.


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