Rigid

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɪdʒɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪd

Origin

From Latin rigidus ("stiff"), from rigere ("to be stiff"), probably originally "to be straight"; compare rectus ("straight"), from regere ("to stretch"); see regent and right. Compare rigor.

Full definition of rigid

Adjective

1. Stiff, rather than flexible.
2. Fixed, rather than moving.
• 2011,David Foster Wallace, The Pale King,Penguin Books, page 5:A sunflower, four more, one bowed, and horses in the distance standing rigid and still as toys.
3. Rigorous and unbending.
4. Uncompromising.

Synonyms

• unbending, inflexible

Antonyms

• flexible
• moving
• compromising

Derived terms

• rigidity
• rigidly
• rigidness

Related terms

• rigor
• rigour