Antonyms for rigid
ˈrɪdʒ ɪdrigid

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1. rigidadjective

   Antonyms:
   flexible, compromising, moving

   Synonyms:
   inflexible, unbending

2. rigidadjective

   Stiff, rather than flexible.

   Antonyms:
   moving, flexible, compromising

   Synonyms:
   inflexible, unbending

3. rigidadjective

   Fixed, rather than moving.

   Antonyms:
   compromising, flexible, moving

   Synonyms:
   unbending, inflexible

4. rigidadjective

   Rigorous and unbending.

   Antonyms:
   flexible, compromising, moving

   Synonyms:
   unbending, inflexible

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.

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

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

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1. rigid

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

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

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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"

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

   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

2. rigid, strictadjective

   incapable of compromise or flexibility

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

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

3. inflexible, rigid, unbendingadjective

   incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

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

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

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

4. rigidadjective

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

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

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

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"

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

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

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1. rigidadjective

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

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spontaneous

   inflexible, predictably unchanging

   john has a rigid personality, but steve is much more spontaneous and fun.

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

How to use rigid in a sentence?

1. Ry Cooder:

   I didn't come from a very rigid background, where there's a clan or a tribe or a religion.

2. Han Yue:

   It's really meeting a rigid demand as many professionals have a difficult time finding a nice private place to nap.

3. Michael Wehner:

   The wonderful thing about hydrogen peroxide is that a simple reaction between the chemical and a catalyst – in this case platinum – allows us to replace rigid power sources.

4. Maya MacGuineas:

   The only thing I would say that people should not consider is the rigid belief that you can do this without touching taxes or without fixing our biggest programs, like Social Security, Medicare, because that's just a sign of a lack of realism.

5. Lawana Blackwell:

   Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

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