Definition for Stiffness:

• the property of moving with pain or difficulty; " he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"

Synonyms for Stiffness:

• n.

  •hardness (noun)
  • callousness,
  • intractibility,
  • firmness,
  • temper,
  • rigidity,
  • solidity.
  •inelasticity (noun)
  • inflexibility,
  • inelasticity,
  • immovability.
  •inflexibility (noun)
  • tension,
  • prudery,
  • precision.
  •muscle spasm (noun)
  • cramp.
  •stiffness (noun)
  • hardness.
  •tenacity (noun)
  • strength,
  • doggedness,
  • bullheadedness,
  • toughness,
  • obstinacy,
  • determination,
  • steadfastness,
  • persistency,
  • tenacity,
  • viscidity.
  •tightness (noun)
  • snugness,
  • security,
  • tightness,
  • density.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • austerity.
  •
  • hostility.
  •impassivity
  • frigidity.
  •Other relevant words:
  • immobility,
  • Steeliness,
  • texture,
  • ritual,
  • Stringiness,
  • stoutness,
  • unwieldiness,
  • consistency,
  • cogency,
  • unchangeableness,
  • dulled,
  • highness,
  • emptiness,
  • heaviness,
  • costliness,
  • ceremoniousness,
  • roughness,
  • stamina,
  • solecism,
  • uninterestingness,
  • unbreakableness,
  • nuisance value,
  • sterility,
  • durability,
  • decision,
  • abrasiveness,
  • inanity,
  • cruelty,
  • form,
  • weight,
  • ineptitude,
  • inclementness,
  • trouble,
  • Dismalness,
  • bad weather,
  • superficiality,
  • aridity,
  • flatness,
  • directness,
  • hardiness,
  • puritanism,
  • stubbornness,
  • affectation,
  • orthodoxy,
  • rigour,
  • robustness,
  • richness,
  • vapidity,
  • Flintiness,
  • straightness,
  • pointlessness,
  • Renitency,
  • rigidness,
  • coquetry,
  • soundness,
  • lifelessness,
  • luxuriousness,
  • spiritlessness,
  • dreariness,
  • ropiness,
  • solemnity,
  • starch,
  • maladroitness,
  • Infrangibility,
  • demureness,
  • Extrinsicality,
  • ponderousness,
  • sumptuousness,
  • impliability,
  • buckram,
  • resistance,
  • Unliveliness,
  • severeness,
  • grimness,
  • Purism,
  • unfeelingness,
  • ceremonial,
  • awkwardness,
  • badness,
  • insipidness,
  • intransigency,
  • Irreconcilability,
  • vitality,
  • cruelness,
  • dourness,
  • straight line,
  • tastelessness,
  • rigourousness,
  • fundamentalism,
  • immutability,
  • pallor,
  • starchiness,
  • aplomb,
  • cacophony,
  • inconvenience,
  • warp and woof,
  • unchangeability,
  • stiffening,
  • leadenness,
  • colorlessness,
  • lastingness,
  • tediousness,
  • slowness,
  • Precisianism,
  • stodginess,
  • euphuism,
  • Etiolation,
  • inelegance,
  • stability,
  • mock modesty,
  • inexorability,
  • constancy,
  • rusticity,
  • coarseness,
  • deadness,
  • ineptness,
  • paleness,
  • stiltedness,
  • bloodlessness,
  • clumsiness,
  • asperity,
  • strictness,
  • vapidness,
  • Dustiness,
  • induration,
  • slang,
  • hardship,
  • ankylosis,
  • Stoniness,
  • intransigence,
  • uncompromisingness,
  • dullness,
  • harshness,
  • primness,
  • formalization,
  • validity,
  • minauderie,
  • sternness,
  • punctilio,
  • insipidity,
  • barbarism,
  • Insensibleness,
  • gracelessness,
  • Sentimentalism,
  • gravity,
  • fustian,
  • mannerism,
  • obdurateness,
  • Unbendingness,
  • acrimony,
  • stylization,
  • relentlessness,
  • Marinism,
  • barrenness,
  • stable equilibrium,
  • Stabiliment,
  • hollowness,
  • dignity,
  • unyieldingness,
  • pomposity,
  • Woodenness,
  • ruggedness,
  • scratchiness,
  • stuffiness,
  • rituality,
  • pomp,
  • dryness,
  • effeteness,
  • jejunity,
  • Rectilinearity,
  • ceremony,
  • insensibility,
  • cumbersomeness,
  • cohesiveness,
  • Inexcitability,
  • Rigorism,
  • unalterability,
  • rigorousness,
  • Renitence,
  • acerbity,
  • dearness,
  • correctness,
  • pokiness,
  • steepness.

Paraphrases for Stiffness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rigidity, inflexibility.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    stiff.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stamina, resistance, strength, formality.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    inflexible, rigid.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tightness, rigor.

Antonyms for Stiffness:

• n.

  • inflexibility
    flaccidity, pliability, informality, limpness, relaxation, ease, flexibility.

Homophones for Stiffness:

• stiffening, Stefan Zweig, stovepiping, stevens, stooping, stupefying, steffens, stuffing, stabbing, state bank, stuffiness, steepness, stopping, skydiving, stubbiness.

Hyponym for Stiffness:

• n.

  • attribute
    clumsiness, resoluteness, inelasticity, resolution, firmness, awkwardness, firmness of purpose, resolve.