Synonyms for stiffness
stiff·ness

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1. stiffnessnoun

   the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

   Synonyms:
   gracelessness, rigour, awkwardness, severeness, hardness, severity, rigourousness, inclemency, clumsiness, rigorousness, harshness, rigor

2. stiffnessnoun

   the property of moving with pain or difficulty

   "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"

   Synonyms:
   gracelessness, rigour, awkwardness, severeness, hardness, severity, rigourousness, inclemency, clumsiness, rigorousness, harshness, rigor

3. stiffnessnoun

   firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action

   "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"

   Synonyms:
   gracelessness, rigour, awkwardness, severeness, hardness, severity, rigourousness, inclemency, clumsiness, rigorousness, harshness, rigor

4. awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffnessnoun

   the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

   Synonyms:
   hardness, maladroitness, severeness, rigor, slowness, cumbersomeness, nuisance value, ineptness, rigour, harshness, inclemency, clumsiness, gracelessness, ungracefulness, rigorousness, awkwardness, severity, rigourousness, unwieldiness, ineptitude

5. severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffnessnoun

   excessive sternness

   "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

   Synonyms:
   insensibility, ruggedness, callosity, grimness, awkwardness, severeness, rigor, unfeelingness, austereness, harshness, hardness, asperity, callousness, scratchiness, roughness, cogency, gracelessness, inclemency, inclementness, badness, bad weather, hardship, rigorousness, cruelty, cruelness, clumsiness, abrasiveness, severity, rigourousness, rigour, validity

Matched Categories

1. • Awkwardness
   • Inelasticity
   • Inelegance
   • Resoluteness
   • Sternness

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1. stiffnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   inflexibility, rigidity, firmness, prudery, constraint, precision, formality, tension

   Antonyms:
   pliability, limpness, flexibility, flaccidity, ease, relaxation, informality

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "stiffness":

   rigidity, inflexibility, rigor, steepness, rigid, stiff, tightness, stickiness, inflexible

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1. Walter Koch:

   We saw active reversal of ventricular function, reverse remodeling, heart chambers actually got smaller and more muscular, and stoppage of fibrosis that limits the stiffness of the heart.

2. Rachel Dolhun:

   At its core there is a loss of brain cells that make dopamine, and that’s why in Parkinson’s you see symptoms of movement like tremors, slowness, stiffness, and walking and balance problems.

3. Pina LoGiudice:

   The first thing is definitely magnesium. That will actually help with restless leg syndrome or if you have any low back cramping, calcium is quite wonderful because ... your body will cause more aches and pains because you're trying to build your baby, and so you yourself become deficient. Acupuncture is phenomenal and safe for those low back pains or sciatica or that neck stiffness.

4. Rajveer Purohit:

   You can imagine a balloon that gets filled up with water, and then you have this tense sheath that's surrounding the balloon, and that's what gives you the stiffness with an erection. And the fracture is a rupture of the balloon and the sheath surrounding the balloon, the vast majority of cases are one-sided, or unilateral, corporal ruptures. But sometimes Rajveer Purohit do have someone who's had a bilateral, or two-sided, corporal fracture involving the urethra.

5. Johnny Isakson:

   My main symptoms are the stiffness in my left arm and a slowed, shuffling gait, i am busier and have more responsibility today than ever before in my political career, and I couldn't be happier about that.