rigid
Unable to bend
Rigid means stiff and unyielding, not bending or flexing.
A rigid structure maintains its shape under pressure: rigid plastic, a rigid frame.
Applied to people or rules, rigid suggests inflexibility to the point of harshness: rigid discipline, rigid adherence to protocol.
Someone rigid in their thinking refuses to adapt or consider alternatives.
Firm or demanding
- solidFirm matter state
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- firmSolid or resolute
taut · unyielding · wooden · frozen · petrified · stony · calcified · hardened
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- unbendingRefusing to change position
steadfast · unswerving · unyielding · resolute · unwavering · immovable · implacable · tenacious
Easily broken or damaged
- breakableCapable of shattering
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- crackNarrow break or attempt
snap · friable · inflexible · stiff · unadaptable · splinter · crumbly
Trained self-control or specialty
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- conformityAdherence to norms
- stringentSeverely exact and demanding
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
regimented · stern · rigorous · draconian · exacting · precise · meticulous · uncompromising
Formal event marking occasions
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
stiff · ceremonial · conventional · proper · traditional · starched · uptight · buttoned-up
hard
Firm or demanding
- solidFirm matter state
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
firm · taut · unyielding · wooden · frozen · petrified · stony · calcified · hardened · cemented
adamant
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
unbending · steadfast · unswerving · unyielding · resolute · unwavering · immovable · implacable · tenacious · iron-willed
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
crack · snap · friable · inflexible · stiff · unadaptable · splinter · crumbly
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- conformityAdherence to norms
- stringentSeverely exact and demanding
austere · regimented · stern · rigorous · draconian · exacting · precise · meticulous · uncompromising · authoritarian
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
propriety · stiff · ceremonial · conventional · proper · traditional · starched · uptight · buttoned-up · punctilious
severe
Extremely harsh or strict
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- mercilessShowing no clemency
unforgiving · austere · grim · tough · inclement · punishing · ruthless · cold · unsparing · exacting
- hardenedhardened, solidified, petrified, fossilized, calcified
- strictsevere, stern, harsh, firm, tough
- touch sensationstouch, roughness, smoothness, softness, hardness
- qualitiesgood, bad, better, best, useful
- tightnesstight, taut, snug, constricting, compressed
- metal propertiesmalleable, ductile, conductive, magnetic, brittle
rigidflexible
Able to bend freely
lenient · lax · relaxed · tolerant · permissive
rigidflexible
Able to bend freely
open-minded · adaptable · receptive · broad-minded · fluid
- rigid thinkingInability to adapt mentally
- rigid body dynamicsMechanics of non-deforming solids
- rigid foamHard cellular plastic sheets
- moral rigidityUnwavering ethical strictness
- rigid bodyIdealized undeformable object
- rigid bodiesObjects with fixed shape
rigidity, rigid body dynamics, rigidly, rigidness, rigidities, rigidify, rigidifies, nonrigid, rigidifying