Rigid (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

Incapable of compromise or flexibility.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Strict

Related Words

• Rigidity (noun)
• Rigidness (noun)

Meaning ²

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

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Antonyms

• Nonrigid

Meaning ³

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".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Stiff

Related Words

• Rigidity (noun)
• Rigidness (noun)

Meaning ⁴

Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Unbending
• Inflexible

Related Words

• Rigidness (noun)

Meaning ⁵

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".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Fixed
• Set

Related Words

• Rigidness (noun)