What are some opposite words for rigid?
Antonyms for rigid
ˈrɪdʒ ɪdrigid
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term rigid.
Wiktionary
rigidadjective
Antonyms:
flexible, compromising, movingSynonyms:
inflexible, unbendingrigidadjective
Stiff, rather than flexible.
Antonyms:
moving, flexible, compromisingSynonyms:
inflexible, unbendingrigidadjective
Fixed, rather than moving.
Antonyms:
compromising, flexible, movingSynonyms:
unbending, inflexiblerigidadjective
Rigorous and unbending.
Antonyms:
flexible, compromising, movingSynonyms:
unbending, inflexiblerigidadjective
Uncompromising.
Synonyms:
inflexible, unbendingAntonyms:
flexible, moving, compromising
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, yieldingSynonyms:
austere, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, morose, relentless, rigorous, severe, stern, stiff, strict, uncompromising, unmitigated, unrelenting, unyielding
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
rigid
Antonyms:
pliant, docile, flexible, variable, mild, lenient, inexact, yielding, inconstant, inconsistentSynonyms:
stiff, unpliant, unflexible, stubborn, tough, stark, staunch, unswerving, exact, unbending, undeviating, austere
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Princeton's WordNet
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, tolerantSynonyms:
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, steadyrigid, strictadjective
incapable of compromise or flexibility
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nonrigid, adaptable, tolerant, flexible, moving, flexileSynonyms:
strict, set, rigorous, stiff, hard-and-fast, unbending, exacting, stern, inflexible, fixed, nonindulgentinflexible, 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, movingSynonyms:
stiff, strict, unbending, set, sturdy, uncompromising, inflexible, fixedrigidadjective
designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
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nonrigid, moving, flexible, tolerant, flexile, adaptablefixed, 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, nonrigidSynonyms:
strict, placed, determined, set, fit(p), situated, stiff, frozen, set(p), inflexible, primed(p), fixed, unbending, dictated, located, laid, hardened
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
rigidadjective
Synonyms:
inflexible, stiff, unyielding, unpliant, rigorous, severe, austere, strict
Editors Contribution
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?
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.
However, common sense suggests that people who engage in anal intercourse should be advised against introducing rigid or large objects into the rectum as this increases the risk of trauma, they should also be encouraged to treat pain or bleeding as a warning to stop and seek medical evaluation.
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.
He really did let us have our own character as a city, at a time when Rome was very rigid.
I lose faith in mathematics, logical and rigid. What with those that even zero doesn’t accept?
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#621 | easy | |
#1593 | moving | |
#2052 | soft | |
#2319 | variable | |
#2466 | sweet | |
#3722 | flexible | |
#6740 | tender | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#8164 | mild | |
#11182 | rigid | |
#12012 | inconsistent | |
#16820 | tolerant | |
#18856 | yielding | |
#19975 | bland | |
#25485 | adaptable | |
#25632 | compromising | |
#41963 | indulgent | |
#54137 | lenient | |
#57508 | genial | |
#57879 | pliable | |
#62800 | tractable | |
#66707 | docile | |
#75341 | inexact | |
#77365 | affable | |
#89266 | pliant | |
#146779 | inconstant | |
#317819 | nonrigid |
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