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rigid
Synonyms and Antonyms of rigid
- rigid enforcement of drug laws
close, conscientious, exact, fussy, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous, undeviating
adamant, adamantine, determined, dogged, firm, relentless, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, unflinching
immovable, implacable, unappeasable, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding
austere, demanding, flinty, grim, hard, hardened, hard-hearted, harsh, severe, stern, tough
- a rigid man who cannot seem to relax
- rigid steel bars that should be able to hold the weight
- the mineral that gives bone its rigid structure
- Make sure that the clothesline is rigid so that the longer garments don't drag on the ground.
Synonym Discussion of rigid
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- rigid rules of conduct
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- the rigorous training of recruits
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- strict enforcement of the law
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- stringent standards of admission
synonyms see in addition stiff
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