'Rigid' definitions:
Definition of 'rigid'
From: WordNet
adjective
Incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck" [syn: rigid, stiff]
adjective
Incapable of compromise or flexibility [syn: rigid, strict]
adjective
Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" [syn: inflexible, rigid, unbending]
adjective
Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure [ant: nonrigid]
adjective
Definition of 'Rigid'
From: GCIDE
- Rigid \Rig"id\, a. [L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide. Cf. Rigor. ]
- 1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. [1913 Webster]
- Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence. [1913 Webster]
- The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact; severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rigid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- accurate,
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- at a standstill,
- attentive,
- austere,
- buckram,
- careful,
- cast-iron,
- changeless,
- close,
- conscientious,
- constant,
- continuing,
- correct,
- critical,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- determined,
- direct,
- dogged,
- dour,
- draconian,
- durable,
- enduring,
- even,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- express,
- exquisite,
- faithful,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- firm,
- firm as Gibraltar,
- fixed,
- flinty,
- frozen,
- fundamentalist,
- fussy,
- grim,
- hard,
- hard and fast,
- hard-core,
- hard-line,
- harsh,
- headstrong,
- hidebound,
- immobile,
- immotile,
- immotive,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- implacable,
- impliable,
- in buckram,
- inelastic,
- inerrable,
- inerrant,
- inexorable,
- infallible,
- inflexible,
- infrangible,
- intact,
- intransigent,
- inviolate,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- irreconcilable,
- irremovable,
- lasting,
- literal,
- made of iron,
- mathematical,
- meticulous,
- micrometrically precise,
- microscopic,
- minute,
- mulish,
- muscle-bound,
- narrow,
- nice,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- orthodox,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- pat,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- pigheaded,
- pinpoint,
- pokerlike,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- prim,
- procrustean,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- quiescent,
- ramrodlike,
- refined,
- relentless,
- religious,
- religiously exact,
- remaining,
- renitent,
- resolute,
- resolved,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rock-ribbed,
- rockbound,
- rodlike,
- scientific,
- scientifically exact,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- set,
- severe,
- single-minded,
- solid,
- sound,
- square,
- stable,
- standpat,
- starch,
- starched,
- starchy,
- static,
- stationary,
- staunch,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- steely,
- stern,
- stiff,
- stiff as buckram,
- stilted,
- stout,
- straightlaced,
- strait-laced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stringent,
- strong,
- stubborn,
- sturdy,
- subtle,
- sustained,
- taut,
- tenacious,
- tense,
- thorough,
- tight,
- torpid,
- tough,
- unadaptable,
- unaffected,
- unalterable,
- unaltered,
- unbending,
- unbreakable,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unchecked,
- uncompliant,
- uncompromising,
- undestroyed,
- undeviating,
- unerring,
- unfading,
- unfailing,
- unflexible,
- ungiving,
- unmovable,
- unmoved,
- unmoving,
- unqualified,
- unrelaxed,
- unrelenting,
- unshifting,
- unswerving,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- unwavering,
- unyielding,
- virgate