Definition for Rigidity:

• Inflexibility; stiffness; quality of resisting change of form; want of ease.

Synonyms for Rigidity:

• n.

  •
  • resist,
  • stubbornness.
  •
  • easy.
  •attribute (noun)
  • rigidity.
  •austerity (noun)
  • in clemencies,
  • in clemency,
  • formalnesses,
  • in-clemency,
  • astringences,
  • in-clemencies,
  • exactingnesses.
  •erection (noun)
  • erection.
  •firmness (noun)
  • in elasticity,
  • in-elasticities,
  • impenetrabilities,
  • in-elasticity,
  • in elasticities,
  • Tensile Strengths,
  • impliabilities,
  • fixednesses,
  • impermeabilities.
  •hardness (noun)
  • hardness,
  • temper,
  • callousness,
  • solidity,
  • intractibility.
  •regimentation (noun)
  • collectivizations,
  • methodizations,
  • Institutionalizations.
  •rigor (noun)
  • in-tolerances,
  • in tolerance,
  • in-tolerance,
  • traditionalisms,
  • in tolerances.
  •severity (noun)
  • cruelty,
  • sharpness,
  • acerbity,
  • hardheartedness,
  • unkindness.
  •stubbornness (noun)
  • doggedness,
  • pertinacity,
  • adamancy,
  • perseverance,
  • bullheadedness,
  • obstinacy,
  • contumacy,
  • pigheadedness.
  •tension (noun)
  • astrictions,
  • tautnesses,
  • tensenesses,
  • strainings,
  • tensities,
  • stretchings.
  •tightness (noun)
  • security,
  • tension,
  • density,
  • snugness,
  • tightness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rigorousness,
  • sternness,
  • obduracy,
  • stringency,
  • austerity,
  • strictness,
  • grimness.
  •
  • harshness.

Paraphrases for Rigidity:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inflexibility, stiffness.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rigour, formality, severity, flexibility, thoroughness, stability.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rigor, strictness, stringency, intransigence, immobility, tightness, toughness, inflexible, roughness.

Antonyms for Rigidity:

• n.

  • severity
    gentility.
  • Other antonyms:
    kindness, willingness, softness, pliancy, lenience, gentleness, responsiveness, mildness, tenderness, tolerance, patience, laxness, forbearance, compliance, indulgence, pliability.

Rigidity Sentence Examples:

• He was one of the most excellent and amiable of men; his countenance, voice, and manner were expressive of the kindliest benevolence; he had none of the angular rigidity of person and harshness of feature of his brother: both were worthy and distinguished men, but Andrew Combe was charming, which George Combe was not - at least to those who did not know him.

• At last she smelt of the flower itself, and her sudden rigidity showed that she had perceived the great spider on it.

Homophones for Rigidity:

• recode, rosewood, react, right-eyed, ricotta, razed, rushdie, rough cut, reseat, rosy-cheeked, recto, raised, rigid, roast, rusted, rickety, racquet, rachet, recede, Rasht, requite, roasted, roget, rest day, right away, roseate, requisite, restitute, rigout, rosette, rescued, request, regicide, ragweed, rough out, rose-cheeked, reset, rush out, Rico Act, ricochet, recite, recessed, rushed, right, rig out, rockweed, rheostat, reside, resuscitated, reshoot, rosidae, richweed, Resht, residue, regatta, racket, rau-sed, rocket, rossetti, rouged, rock-steady, rust, russet, rugged, rough-cut, restate, rejected, rigged, rectitude, rosita, reseda, recast, rogue state, requiescat, requested, resect, rusty, rare-roasted, rested, reject, rajidae, rasta, resuscitate, rest, rackety, reach out, rye ergot, ragged, roughcast, ragout, reseed, res gestae, resid, racist, resist, roost, roquette, risotto, roughshod, rhizoid, rag day.

Hypernym for Rigidity:

• n.

  • attribute
    inflexibility, inflexibleness.

Hyponym for Rigidity:

• n.

  • attribute
    inelasticity.