The rule is utterly inflexible.
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Inflexible
//ɪnˈflɛksəbl̩//
Synonyms for "inflexible" (211 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (63)
Adjective(5 words)
hardlineheadstronghideboundimmobileimmotileimmotiveimmovableimmutableimpersuadableimpersuasibleimperviousimplacableimpliableinalterableincorrigibleindefeasibleindomitableinductileinelasticineluctable
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inescapableinevasibleinevitableinexorableinextensibleinextensileinextensionalintolerantintractableintractileinvariableinvincibleironironboundironcladironhandedirreconcilableirremovableirresilientirresistibleirrevocableloyalmercilessmonolithicmulishmuscle boundmuscle-boundnarrownecessarynonelasticnonstretchableobdurateobstinateopinionatedorthodoxpatpersistentperverse
Related words (105)
pigheadedpreciseprocrusteanpuristpuristicpuritanpuritanicpuritanicalrecalcitrantrefractoryrelentlessresistlessresoluteresolvedrigoristrigoristicrigorousrock ribbedrock-ribbedrockbound
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semirigidsetsettledseveresingle-mindedsotstandpatstationarystaunchsteadfaststeadysteelysternstiffstonystraightlacedstraitlacedstrictstubbornsuresure as deathsure as fatetenacioustighttoughtrueunaccommodatingunadaptableunaffectedunalterableunamenableunavoidableunchangeableunchanginguncompliantunconquerableuncontrollableundeflectableunelasticunextendibleunextensibleunflappableungivingunimpressionableuninfluenceableunkindunlimberunmalleableunmodifiableunmovableunmovedunmovingunpersuadableunpliableunpliantunpreventableunreceptiveunrelentingunresponsiveunshakableunshakeableunshakenunstoppableunsuggestibleunsusceptibleunswayableunswervinguntractableunvariedunvaryingunyielding
Adjective(10 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Translations
46 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄκαμπτος adj (stiff, rigid)
Asturian
2 entries- inflexible adj (stiff, rigid)
- inflexible adj (obstinate, stubborn)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неогъваем adj (stiff, rigid)
- непоколебим adj (obstinate, stubborn)
- непреклонен adj (obstinate, stubborn)
Catalan
2 entries- inflexible adj (stiff, rigid)
- inflexible adj (obstinate, stubborn)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 呆板 adj (stiff, rigid)
- 固執 /固执 adj (obstinate, stubborn)
- 死板 adj (obstinate, stubborn)
French
1 entries- inflexible adj (stiff, rigid)
Galician
4 entries- inflexible adj (stiff, rigid)
- inflexible adj (obstinate, stubborn)
- inflexíbel adj (stiff, rigid)
- inflexíbel adj (obstinate, stubborn)
German
3 entries- inflexibel adj (stiff, rigid)
- unbeugsam adj (obstinate, stubborn)
- unflexibel adj (stiff, rigid)
Hindi
3 entries- कठोर adj (stiff, rigid)
- कड़ा adj (stiff, rigid)
- हठी adj (obstinate, stubborn)
Icelandic
2 entries- ósveigjanlegur adj (stiff, rigid)
- ósveigjanlegur adj (obstinate, stubborn)
Italian
1 entries- inflessibile adj (stiff, rigid)
Latin
1 entries- rigens adj (stiff, rigid)
Māori
2 entries- torotika adj (stiff, rigid)
- whakaioio adj (stiff, rigid)
Polish
3 entries- nieelastyczny adj (stiff, rigid)
- nieugięty adj (obstinate, stubborn)
- sztywny adj (stiff, rigid)
Portuguese
2 entries- inflexível adj (stiff, rigid)
- inflexível adj (obstinate, stubborn)
Romanian
4 entries- inflexibil adj (stiff, rigid)
- neflexibil adj (stiff, rigid)
- rigid adj (stiff, rigid)
- rigid adj (obstinate, stubborn)
Russian
4 entries- неги́бкий adj (stiff, rigid)
- неги́бкий adj (obstinate, stubborn)
- негну́щийся adj (stiff, rigid)
- непрекло́нный adj (obstinate, stubborn)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- rag adj (stiff, rigid)
- rag adj (obstinate, stubborn)
Spanish
2 entries- inflexible adj (stiff, rigid)
- inflexible adj (obstinate, stubborn)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
We're inflexible.
Source: tatoeba (2203005)
You're inflexible.
Source: tatoeba (2203006)
Tom is inflexible.
Source: tatoeba (2203007)
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