rigid

rig·id  (rjd)

adj.

1. Not flexible or pliant; stiff.

2. Not moving; fixed.

3. Marked by a lack of flexibility; rigorous and exacting: "We have watered down a rigid training . . . until we now have an educational diet in many of our public high schools that nourishes neither the classes nor the masses" Agnes Meyer.

4. Scrupulously maintained or performed: rigid discipline. See Synonyms at stiff.

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[Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus, from rigre, to be stiff; see reig- in Indo-European roots.]

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rigid·ly adv.

rigid·ness n.

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rigid

Adjective

1. inflexible or strict: the talks will be general without a rigid agenda

2. physically unyielding or stiff: use only rigid plastic containers [Latin rigidus]

rigidity n
rigidly adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	rigid - 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" stiff inflexible - resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade";
	2.	rigid - incapable of compromise or flexibility strict intolerant - unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
	3.	rigid - incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" unbending, inflexible unadaptable - not adaptable
	4.	rigid - designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure aeronautics, astronautics - the theory and practice of navigation through air or space nonrigid - designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure
	5.	rigid - 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" fixed, set nonmoving, unmoving - not in motion

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rigid

adjective 1. strict, set, fixed, exact, rigorous, stringent, austere, severe << OPPOSITE flexible

adjective 2. inflexible, harsh, stern, adamant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, intransigent, unbending, invariable, unalterable, undeviating

adjective 3. stiff, inflexible, inelastic << OPPOSITE pliable

Translations

rigid [ˈrɪdʒɪd] adj → rígido; [person, ideas] → inflexible

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rigid [ˈrɪdʒɪd] adj → rigide; [principle, control] → strict(e)

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rigid [ˈrɪdʒɪd] adj (structure, views) → starr;

(principle, control etc) → streng

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rigid [ˈrɪdʒɪd] adj → rigido/a; [principle] → rigoroso/a