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
Here he finds the ground prepared for the anti-semitic attack on rigidity, stubbornness, inflexibility as Jewish qualities.
Mindless rigidity has descended upon the land, from the schoolhouse to the White House to, sometimes, your house.
We take for granted that, for all their ideological rigidity, Republicans have made a break with the recent past.
Gone are the palatial apartments, ideological rigidity, and red Prada slippers.
The negatives heavily outweigh the positives with respect to Republicans' perceived rigidity and perceived support for the rich.
The primal rigidity of the straight line yields later on to the freedom of an organ.
Children's Ways | James SullyThe narrative had excited him out of his apathy and physical exhaustion, the confession shaken the rigidity from his mind.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonI feel all untied in a place like this; the rigidity of one's nature begins to melt and flow.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodUp went the monster with a grunt, and a peculiar rigidity of body, which evidently betokened horror at his situation.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThe rigidity of these works naturally impressed later critics.
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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