rigid
stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
firmly fixed or set.
inflexible, strict, or severe: a rigid disciplinarian; rigid rules of social behavior.
exacting; thorough; rigorous: a rigid examination.
so as to meet precise standards; stringent: lenses ground to rigid specifications.
Mechanics. of, relating to, or noting a body in which the distance between any pair of points remains fixed under all forces; having infinite values for its shear modulus, bulk modulus, and Young's modulus.
Aeronautics.
(of an airship or dirigible) having a form maintained by a stiff, unyielding structure contained within the envelope.
pertaining to a helicopter rotor that is held fixedly at its root.
Origin of rigid
1synonym study For rigid
Other words for rigid
Opposites for rigid
Other words from rigid
- ri·gid·i·ty, rig·id·ness, noun
- rig·id·ly, adverb
- o·ver·rig·id, adjective
- o·ver·rig·id·ly, adverb
- o·ver·rig·id·ness, noun
- o·ver·ri·gid·i·ty, noun
- sub·rig·id, adjective
- sub·rig·id·ly, adverb
- sub·rig·id·ness, noun
- sub·ri·gid·i·ty, noun
- un·rig·id, adjective
- un·rig·id·ly, adverb
- un·rig·id·ness, noun
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How to use rigid in a sentence
Over-rigid in morals, he was indulgent to others; irreligious, he respected religion.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. TrowbridgeWe abhor an over rigid urging of uniformity in circumstantiall things.
A Vindication of the Presbyteriall-Government and Ministry | Ministers and Elders of the London Provinciall AssemblyHelene had reached an age when purity of soul inclines to pass over-rigid judgments.
A Woman of Thirty | Honore de BalzacExperience probably had taught, that laws over rigid and severe could not be executed.
But it is clearly a gain to challenge an over-rigid standardization of religious life.
The Unity of Civilization | Various
British Dictionary definitions for rigid
/ (ˈrɪdʒɪd) /
not bending; physically inflexible or stiff: a rigid piece of plastic
unbending; rigorously strict; severe: rigid rules
completely or excessively: the lecture bored him rigid
Origin of rigid
1Derived forms of rigid
- rigidly, adverb
- rigidity or rigidness, noun
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