Synonyms for rigid
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rij-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪdʒ ɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for rigid Other synonyms for the word rigid
- adamantine
- bullheaded
- changeless
- chiseled
- dead set
- determined
- firm
- hard
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- invariable
- locked in
- obdurate
- set
- set in stone
- single-minded
- solid
- static
- stern
- strait-laced
- stringent
- tough nut to crack
- unalterable
- unbending
- unbreakable
- unchanging
- uncompromising
- undeviating
- unmoving
- unpermissive
- unrelenting
- unyielding
Définition of rigid
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin rigidus "hard, stiff, rough, severe," from rigere "be stiff," from PIE *reig- "stretch (tight), bind tightly, make fast" (cf. Old Irish riag "torture," Middle High German ric "band, string"). Related: Rigidly.
- adj stiff, strict, severe
- They were hard-featured men, sallow of complexion, rigid in their looks.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The rigid lines of black that crossed it were bars—prison bars.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He pointed to the rigid form of the dead man, lying there so very near them.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The moral tension, which had held her hopeless and rigid, gave way.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Almamen marked his emotion with an eye and lip of rigid composure.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Bad customs are universal and rigid, like modern militarism.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- Otherwise why the pedigree, why the rigid castes, the isolation of women?
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- It can only be maintained by the rigid continuance of the selection.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- And he looked old—and rigid, as though he'd been staring like that for some time.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- No rigid line can be drawn between the successive stages of growth.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
Antonyms for rigid
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