Synonyms for rigid
ˈrɪdʒ ɪdrigid

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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

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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

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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

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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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1. rigidadjective

   Synonyms:
   stiff, inflexible, unpliant, unbending, unyielding

2. rigidadjective

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

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1. rigidadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "rigid":

   inflexible, strict, stiff, stringent, ossified, stiffness, rigorous, hard-wall, tight, hard, tough, unwieldy, unyielding, fossilized

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1. 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.

2. Ian Kerner:

   When you look at those terms, I've noticed men approach porn like they watch TV. They have things they always like to turn to, sometimes people are interested in things more distinct or a little more of a fetish -- but it doesn't take more and more and more. Of course, that's the rule. Some patients have very rigid fantasies that are dark, but that's the exception, not the rule.

3. e:

   Be tough and resilient about your goals, targets, dreams, visions and aspirations. For, you've got to be tough and resilient as far as all of the above is concerned. But, take Note: don't be cynical and rigid. Most especially, with regard to your beliefs and outlook (your attitude to life). ~Emeasoba George.

4. Martha McKittrick:

   One guy I counseled lost 80 pounds. ... He's been on a fairly rigid plan -- mostly fruit, protein and vegetables -- but this is what he wanted. Now he's excited about taking one day a week to have three pieces of pizza or whatever he desires... and he's excited about it and looking forward to it.

5. Pope Francis:

   The humble are those who are concerned not simply with the past but also with the future, since they know how to look ahead, to spread their branches, remembering the past with gratitude, the proud, on the other hand, simply repeat, grow rigid and enclose themselves in that repetition, feeling certain about what they know and fearful of anything new because they cannot control it.