Rigid wheels give sufficient stability to a low-speed vehicle steered by outside forces.
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Rigid
//ˈɹəd͡ʒ.əd//
Synonyms for "rigid" (326 found)
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Strong matches (97)
finickyfirmfirm as gibraltarflintyforcedformalfrigidfrozenfundamentalistfussygrimhardhard and fasthard corehard-corehard-lineharshheadstronghideboundilliberal
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immobileimmotileimmotiveimmovableimmutableimpersonalimplacableimpliablein buckraminelasticinerrableinerrantinexorableinfallibleinfrangibleintactintransigentinvariableinviolateironironboundironcladironhandedirreconcilableirremovablejustlastingliteralmade of ironmathematicalmeticulousmicrometrically precisemicroscopicminutemonolithicmulishmuscle boundmuscle-boundnarrowniceobdurateobstinateorthodoxpainstakingparochialparticularpat
Adjective(28 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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Adjective(40 words)
permanentperpetualperseveringpersistentpigheadedpinpointpokerlikepreciseprecisianisticprecisionisticprimprocrusteanprudishpunctiliouspunctualpuristpuristicpuritanpuritanicpuritanical
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quiescentramrodlikerefinedrelentlessreligiousreligiously exactremainingrenitentreservedresoluteresolvedrigoristrigoristicrigorousrock-ribbedrockboundrodlikescientificscientifically exactscrupulousscrutinizingsectariansemirigidsetseveresingle mindedsingle-mindedsolidsoundspartansquarestablestaidstandpatstarchstarchedstarchystaticstationarystaunchstayingsteadfaststeelysternstiffstiff as buckramstiltedstoutstraightlacedstrait-lacedstraitlacedstringentstrongstubbornstuffysturdysubtlesustainedtauttenacioustensethickthoroughtighttorpidtoughunadaptableunaffectedunalterableunalteredunbreakableunchangeableunchangedunchanginguncheckeduncompliantuncompromisingundestroyedundeviatingunerringunfadingunfailingunflexibleungivingunkindunmovableunmovedunmovingunqualifiedunrelaxedunrelentingunshiftingunswervingunvariedunvaryingunwaveringunyieldingvirgate
Noun(1 words)
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12 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
122 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄκαμπτος adj (stiff)
Asturian
1 entries- ríxidu adj (stiff)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безкомпромисен adj (uncompromising)
- неогъващ се adj (stiff)
- неподвижен adj (fixed)
- непреклонен adj (rigorous, unbending)
Catalan
1 entries- rígid adj (stiff)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 僵硬 adj (stiff)
- 硬 adj (stiff)
- 硬性 adj (stiff)
Czech
2 entries- rigidní adj (stiff)
- tuhý adj (stiff)
Dutch
4 entries- onbuigzaam adj (rigorous, unbending)
- onbuigzaam adj (uncompromising)
- rigide adj (stiff)
- rigide adj (rigorous, unbending)
Esperanto
1 entries- rigida adj (stiff)
Finnish
4 entries- jäykkä adj (stiff)
- jäykkä adj (rigorous, unbending)
- kankea adj (stiff)
- kiinteä adj (fixed)
French
3 entries- rigide adj (stiff)
- rigide adj (rigorous, unbending)
- rigide adj (uncompromising)
Galician
2 entries- rixo adj (stiff)
- ríxido adj (stiff)
Georgian
4 entries- მაგარი adj (stiff)
- მკაცრი adj (rigorous, unbending)
- მკაცრი adj (uncompromising)
- მტკიცე adj (stiff)
German
4 entries- rigide adj (uncompromising)
- starr adj (stiff)
- steif adj (stiff)
- steif adj (rigorous, unbending)
Hebrew
2 entries- נוקשה adj (stiff)
- קשיח adj (rigorous, unbending)
Hungarian
1 entries- merev adj (stiff)
Italian
1 entries- rigido adj (stiff)
Japanese
4 entries- 固い adj (uncompromising)
- 固定された adj (fixed)
- 堅い adj (rigorous, unbending)
- 硬い adj (stiff)
Latin
2 entries- rigens adj (stiff)
- rigidus adj (stiff)
Latvian
4 entries- stingrs adj (stiff)
- stingrs adj (rigorous, unbending)
- stingrs adj (uncompromising)
- stings adj (stiff)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- kšuty adj (stiff)
- kšuty adj (rigorous, unbending)
Malayalam
3 entries- ദൃഢം adj (stiff)
- ദൃഢം adj (fixed)
- ദൃഢം adj (rigorous, unbending)
Māori
2 entries- torotika adj (stiff)
- whakaioio adj (rigorous, unbending)
Norman
3 entries- rigide adj (stiff)
- rigide adj (rigorous, unbending)
- rigide adj (uncompromising)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- req adj (stiff)
- req adj (rigorous, unbending)
Norwegian
1 entries- rigid adj (fixed)
Occitan
1 entries- rigid adj (stiff)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- stiew adj (stiff)
Polish
4 entries- nieugięty adj (rigorous, unbending)
- nieugięty adj (rigorous, unbending)
- nieustępliwy adj (rigorous, unbending)
- sztywny adj (stiff)
Portuguese
4 entries- rígido adj (stiff)
- rígido adj (fixed)
- rígido adj (rigorous, unbending)
- rígido adj (uncompromising)
Romanian
3 entries- bățos adj (stiff)
- rigid adj (stiff)
- țeapăn adj (stiff)
Russian
4 entries- жёсткий adj (stiff)
- жёсткий adj (fixed)
- жёсткий adj (rigorous, unbending)
- жёсткий adj (uncompromising)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- rag adj (stiff)
- rag adj (rigorous, unbending)
- rag adj (uncompromising)
Slovene
1 entries- tog adj (stiff)
Swedish
3 entries- fast adj (fixed)
- stel adj (stiff)
- stel adj (rigorous, unbending)
Tagalog
1 entries- tigambay adj (rigorous, unbending)
Turkish
4 entries- bükülmez adj (rigorous, unbending)
- katı adj (stiff)
- kesin adj (uncompromising)
- sabit adj (fixed)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cứng cổ adj (uncompromising)
- cứng ngắc adj (stiff)
- cứng ngắc adj (uncompromising)
- cứng nhắc adj (stiff)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The frame of the machine should be rigid.
Source: tatoeba (48833)
You aren't cut out for the military because of its rigid discipline.
Source: tatoeba (237781)
Military discipline is literally rigid.
Source: tatoeba (237792)
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