All rigid synonyms
rigΒ·id
R r adj rigid
- uncompromising β not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- stringent β rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.
- austere β If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- harsh β ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- solid β having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- hard-line β adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- definite β If something such as a decision or an arrangement is definite, it is firm and clear, and unlikely to be changed.
- unyielding β unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.
- inflexible β not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
- intransigent β refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.
- stern β rear of boat
- rigorous β characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- adamant β If someone is adamant about something, they are determined not to change their mind about it.
- fixed β fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid.
- bullheaded β blindly stubborn; headstrong
- changeless β unchanging; immutable
- determined β If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
- firm β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- hard β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- inelastic β not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- inexorable β unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- invariable β not variable; not changing or capable of being changed; static or constant.
- obdurate β unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- single-minded β having or showing a single aim or purpose: a single-minded program.
- static β pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
- strait-laced β excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- unalterable β not capable of being altered, changed, or modified.
- unbending β not bending or curving; inflexible; rigid.
- unbreakable β to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- unchanging β to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- unmoving β not moving; still; motionless.
- unrelenting β not relenting; not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution, as of or from opinions, convictions, ambitions, ideals, etc.; inflexible: an unrelenting opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- adamantine β very hard; unbreakable or unyielding
- incompliant β not compliant; unyielding.
- chiseled β If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiseled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- dead set β absolutely
- locked in β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- undeviating β to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- nonpermissive β habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.