Thesaurus: rigid

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1. a. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
2. a. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.
3. adj. incapable of or resistant to bending
4. adj. incapable of compromise or flexibility
5. adj. incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
6. adj. designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
7. adj. fixed and unmoving
8. 1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton. 2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence. The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. Hawthorne. Syn. -- Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact; severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated.
9. j:100 s. incapable of or resistant to bending s. incapable of compromise or flexibility a. designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure