Synonyms of the word rigid


RIGIDFIXED - INFLEXIBLE - INTOLERANT - NONMOVING - SEMIRIGID - SET - STIFF - STRICT - UNADAPTABLE - UNBENDING - UNMOVING

rigid

  • adj. Stiff, rather than flexible.
  • adj. Fixed, rather than moving.
  • adj. Rigorous and unbending.
  • adj. Uncompromising.
  • n. A bicycle with no suspension system.

fixed

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of fix.
  • adj. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
  • adj. Stationary.
  • adj. Attached; affixed.
  • adj. Chemically stable.
  • adj. Supplied with what one needs.
  • adj. (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
  • adj. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
  • adj. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
  • adj. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.

inflexible

  • adj. Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
  • adj. Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits; obstinate; stubborn; resolute; determined.

intolerant

  • adj. Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
  • adj. Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas. indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs;…
  • n. One who is intolerant; a bigot.

nonmoving

  • adj. Not moving; stationary; inert.

semirigid

  • adj. Partially rigid.

set

  • v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
  • v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
  • v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
  • v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
  • v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
  • v. (transitive) To adjust.
  • v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
  • v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
  • v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
  • v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
  • v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
  • v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
  • v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
  • v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
  • v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
  • v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
  • v. (intransitive) To solidify.
  • v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
  • v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
  • v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
  • v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
  • v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
  • v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
  • v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
  • v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
  • v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
  • v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
  • v. To place or fix in a setting.
  • v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
  • v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
  • v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
  • v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
  • v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
  • v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
  • v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
  • v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
  • v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
  • v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
  • n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
  • n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
  • n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
  • n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
  • n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
  • n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
  • n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
  • n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
  • n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
  • n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
  • n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
  • n. A young oyster when first attached.
  • n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
  • n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
  • n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
  • n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
  • adj. Fixed in position.
  • adj. Rigid, solidified.
  • adj. Ready, prepared.
  • adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
  • adj. Prearranged.
  • adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
  • adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
  • n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
  • n. A rudimentary fruit.
  • n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
  • n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
  • n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
  • n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
  • n. An object made up of several parts.
  • n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
  • n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
  • n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
  • n. The scenery for a film or play.
  • n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
  • n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
  • n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
  • n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
  • n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
  • n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
  • n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
  • n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
  • n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
  • v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

stiff

  • adj. (of an object) Rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.
  • adj. (figuratively, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
  • adj. (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
  • adj. (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
  • adj. (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
  • adj. Potent.
  • adj. Dead, deceased.
  • adj. (of a penis) Erect.
  • adj. (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their…
  • adj. (mathematics) Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless…
  • n. An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff…
  • n. A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
  • n. (slang) A cadaver, a dead person.
  • n. (US) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
  • n. (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
  • v. To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
  • v. to cheat someone.
  • v. to tip ungenerously.

strict

  • adj. Strained; drawn close; tight.
  • adj. Tense; not relaxed.
  • adj. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
  • adj. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
  • adj. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
  • adj. (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
  • adj. Severe in discipline.

unadaptable

  • adj. Not adaptable.

unbending

  • adj. inflexible and not yielding.
  • adj. very reserved, aloof and antisocial.
  • v. present participle of unbend.
  • n. The act of one who unbends.

unmoving

  • adj. Not moving; still.
  • adj. Not moving or rousing; failing to inspire the emotions.

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