Synonyms and Antonyms of rigid
1
not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards
- 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, ironbound, severe, stern, tough
acquiescent, compliant, compromising, pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding
easy, easygoing, gentle, indulgent, kindly, lenient, merciful, mild, pampering, soft, spoiling, tolerant
neglectful, negligent, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfussy
2
given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint
- a rigid man who cannot seem to relax
austere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, tough
demanding, exacting
uncharitable, unforgiving
adamant, adamantine, callous, hardened, hard-hearted, hard-line, immovable, implacable, inflexible, merciless, ossified, pitiless, relentless, rock-ribbed, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding
dour, gruff
ascetic (also ascetical), monastic, monkish
browbeating, bullying
determined, firm, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, unflinching
dogged, intractable, obstinate, relentless
easy, easygoing, laid-back, undemanding
charitable, kind, merciful, mild, patient, soft, softhearted
accepting, compromising, yielding
responsive, willing
acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, flexible, pliable, pliant
3
having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure
