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Rigid

Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.

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Similar meaning 4

Inflexible 84% connected

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inflexible 84% connected

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Intolerant 84% connected

Not enduring; not able to endure.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Intolerant 84% connected

Not enduring; not able to endure.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Rigidity 74% connected

The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rigidity 74% connected

The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rigidness 74% connected

The quality or state of being rigid.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rigidness 74% connected

The quality or state of being rigid.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Fixed 92% connected

of Fix

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Inflexible 92% connected

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Set 92% connected

of Set

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stiff 92% connected

Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Strict 92% connected

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Unbending 92% connected

of Unbend

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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