rigid meaning and definition

RIGID adjective

Definition of rigid (adjective)

1. incapable of or resistant to bending
   • "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"
   • synonyms: stiff
2. incapable of compromise or flexibility
   • synonyms: strict
3. incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
   • "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"
   • synonyms: inflexible, unbending
4. designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
   • antonym: nonrigid
5. fixed and unmoving
   • "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain"
   • synonyms: fixed, set