rigider
Less able to bend
Rigider is the comparative form of rigid, meaning more rigid.
Something rigider than another is stiffer, less flexible, or more unyielding: The new regulations are rigider than the old ones.
While "more rigid" is standard, rigider appears in casual speech and writing.
More demanding or firm
- stifferLess flexible, comparatively
- brittleLiable to shatter
- tautStretched under tension
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
solidified · immobile · wooden · stony · inelastic · calcified · cemented · fixed
More demanding, less forgiving
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
- stringentSeverely exact and demanding
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
- demandingRequiring great effort
meticulous · exacting · draconian · austere · puritanical · regimented · punctilious · prescriptive
Refusing to change position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
dogmatic · unswayable · unadaptable · immovable · implacable · unaccommodating · unwavering · resolute
More harsh or unsparing
- sternerMore demanding, less forgiving
- harsherMore severe or unkind
- unforgivingShowing no leniency
- relentlessContinuing without pause
brutal · merciless · ruthless · punitive · grim · inclement · abrasive · unrelenting
harder
More demanding or firm
petrified · solidified · immobile · wooden · stony · inelastic · calcified · cemented · fixed · crystalline
stricter
More demanding, less forgiving
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
- stringentSeverely exact and demanding
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
demanding · meticulous · exacting · draconian · austere · puritanical · regimented · punctilious · prescriptive · unsparing
unbending
Refusing to change position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
obstinate · dogmatic · unswayable · unadaptable · immovable · implacable · unaccommodating · unwavering · resolute · steadfast
severer
More harsh or unsparing
- sternerMore demanding, less forgiving
- harsherMore severe or unkind
- unforgivingShowing no leniency
relentless · brutal · merciless · ruthless · punitive · grim · inclement · abrasive · unrelenting · oppressive
- 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
rigid, rigidity, rigidly, rigidness, rigidify, rigidest, rigidification, unrigid