Rigid wheels give sufficient stability to a low-speed vehicle steered by outside forces.
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Rigid
/ˈɹəd͡ʒ.əd/
Synonyms for "rigid" (462 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (93)
Adjective(30 words)
inflexiblestiffstrictunbendingadministrative descriptoradministrative traditionalgorithmic approachalgorithmic rigidityancient legal codeankyloticauthoritarian thinkerbrittlebureaucraticbureaucratic languagebureaucratic rulescatalepticcataleptic rigiditycatatonicdeterministic mechanismdeterministic planning
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doctrinairedoctrinaldogmaticaldrawn-updrinking-water standardsentrenchedenvironmental regulatorfanaticalfinickiestfirm touch
Noun(13 words)
Verb(3 words)
Strong matches (138)
fixedflintyforcedformalfrigidfrozenfundamentalistfussygrimhardhard and fasthard corehard-corehard-lineharshheadstronghideboundilliberalimmobileimmotile
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immotiveimmovableimmutableimpersonalimplacableimpliablein buckraminelasticinerrableinerrantinexorableinfallibleinflexibleinfrangibleintactintransigentinvariableinviolateironironboundironcladironhandedirreconcilableirremovablejustlastingliteralmade of ironmathematicalmeticulousmicrometrically precisemicroscopicminutemonolithicmulishmuscle boundmuscle-boundnarrowniceobdurateobstinateorthodox
Adjective(40 words)
fixedfixed frameworkfixed orderfixed planfixed procedurefixed workflowfixed-pattern pedagogyflintierflintiestformal atmospheresformal rebuttalformal tonefustiestgranitichard groundhard surfacehardheadedheavy administrationinclementinelastic collision
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inflexible attitudeinflexible planinstitutional annalsironlikeisometricjoint stiffnesslegalisticlogicalmachinelikemanualisticmechanical processingmechanisticmedievalmonolithicmyotonicnoncollapsiblenondynamicnonshapable materialobstinateold kingdom phase labeling
Noun(26 words)
fixed allocationfixed schedule frameworkfossilizingfreeze solidfundyhardboundhardcorehardeninghardlinehardline conservativehewinginstitutionalizing standardsjanissaryliteralizinglockstepmaterial deformabilitymechanical faultmilitary disciplinemore fixedmore mechanical
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more methodicalmore teutonicmost math programlikemost unwelcomingnonmovement focusnonresilience unit
Verb(7 words)
Determiner(2 words)
most criminal-codemost mechanical energy transfer
Adverb(1 words)
most mechanical action
Related words (231)
Noun(27 words)
ossifyingoverburdeningowner's manualphysical stabilityramrodrawhidereform resistantregimental standardreinforced frameritual practiceset exampleset guidelinessolid particlestatic regulationsticky pricestiff movementstraightedgestraitstraiteningstrict regulation
painstakingparochialparticularpatpermanentperpetualperseveringpersistentpigheadedpinpointpokerlikepreciseprecisianisticprecisionisticprimprocrusteanprudishpunctiliouspunctualpurist
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puristicpuritanpuritanicpuritanicalquiescentramrodlikerefinedrelentlessreligiousreligiously exactremainingrenitentreservedresoluteresolvedrigoristrigoristicrigorousrock-ribbedrockboundrodlikescientificscientifically exactscrupulousscrutinizingsectariansetseveresingle mindedsingle-mindedsolidsoundspartansquarestablestaidstandpatstarchstarchedstarchystaticstationarystaunchstayingsteadfaststeelysternstiffstiff as buckramstiltedstoutstraightlacedstrait-lacedstraitlacedstrictstringentstrongstubbornstuffysturdysubtlesustainedtauttenacioustensethickthoroughtighttorpidtoughunadaptableunaffectedunalterableunalteredunbendingunbreakableunchangeableunchangedunchanginguncheckeduncompliantuncompromisingundestroyedundeviatingunerringunfadingunfailingunflexibleungivingunkindunmovableunmovedunmovingunqualifiedunrelaxedunrelentingunshiftingunswervingunvariedunvaryingunwaveringunyieldingvirgate
Adjective(78 words)
persnicketypolicy-unchangingprohibitivepuritanicalregimentedreligious conceptreligious followersrestricted frameworkrestrictiverigid actionrigid body simulationrigid frameworkrigid protocolrigid standardsrigid structurerigid tasksrigorousrigorous analysisrigorous reasoningrigorous science
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ritualistic sequencerobotic action planscleroticscripted actscripted curriculumsetsevere harmskintightspasticstagnant culturestarchieststatic lesson planstatic schedulestatic viewssteelieststern notestern reprimandstiff actionstifferstiffeststiffishstony silencestraitjacketedstrict burial-action protocolstrict disciplinestrict discipline environmentstrict standardsstricterstructured approachstructured curriculumstructured drillstructured lessonstubbornsyllabus-boundsystematic data collectionsystematized approachsystematized scheduletensesttextbookliketightesttradition based educationtraditional methodunadjustableunadjustable knobunchanging standardunforgivinguninspired repetitionunpityingunpliable materialunshakenunyieldinguptightwirywoodenwooden bookshelfwoodierwoodywrongheaded
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
11 entriesattitudecharacteristicdescriptorgrammatical categorypersonality traitpolicypracticepropertyqualityregulationrule
More specific
8 entriesCollocations
6 entriesrigid bodyrigid framerigid plasticrigid rulesrigid schedulerigid thinking
Inflections
2 entriesmore rigidmost rigid
Derivations
5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- непреклонен adj (rigorous, unbending)
- строг adj (rigorous, unbending)
Dutch
4 entries- onbuigzaam adj (rigorous, unbending)
- rigide adj (rigorous, unbending)
- star adj (rigorous, unbending)
- stijf adj (rigorous, unbending)
Finnish
1 entries- jäykkä adj (rigorous, unbending)
French
1 entries- rigide adj (rigorous, unbending)
Georgian
2 entries- მკაცრი adj (rigorous, unbending)
- სასტიკი adj (rigorous, unbending)
German
1 entries- steif adj (rigorous, unbending)
Hebrew
1 entries- קשיח adj (rigorous, unbending)
Japanese
1 entries- 堅い adj (rigorous, unbending)
Latvian
1 entries- stingrs adj (rigorous, unbending)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kšuty adj (rigorous, unbending)
Malayalam
1 entries- ദൃഢം adj (rigorous, unbending)
Māori
1 entries- whakaioio adj (rigorous, unbending)
Norman
1 entries- rigide adj (rigorous, unbending)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- req adj (rigorous, unbending)
Polish
2 entries- nieugięty adj (rigorous, unbending)
- nieustępliwy adj (rigorous, unbending)
Portuguese
1 entries- rígido adj (rigorous, unbending)
Russian
2 entries- жёсткий adj (rigorous, unbending)
- суро́вый adj (rigorous, unbending)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- rag adj (rigorous, unbending)
Swedish
1 entries- stel adj (rigorous, unbending)
Tagalog
1 entries- tigambay adj (rigorous, unbending)
Turkish
1 entries- bükülmez adj (rigorous, unbending)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The frame of the machine should be rigid.
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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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