RIGIDITY Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word rigidity. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for RIGIDITY
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| inflexibility | noun n | |||||
noun • a lack of physical flexibility • the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe | ||||||
| austerity | noun n | |||||
noun • the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | ||||||
| firmness | noun n | |||||
noun • the muscle tone of healthy tissue • the trait of being resolute • the property of being unyielding to the touch • the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place | ||||||
| hardness | noun n | |||||
noun • the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale • a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering • devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness • the quality of being difficult to do • excessive sternness | ||||||
| harshness | noun n | |||||
noun • the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions • the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses • the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance • excessive sternness | ||||||
| immovability | noun n | |||||
noun • not capable of being moved or rearranged | ||||||
| resistance | noun n | |||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||
| severity | noun n | |||||
noun • used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather • something hard to endure • extreme plainness • excessive sternness | ||||||
| solidity | noun n | |||||
noun • the consistency of a solid • state of having the interior filled with matter • the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally | ||||||
| sternness | noun n | |||||
noun • the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding • uncompromising resolution | ||||||
| stiffness | noun n | |||||
noun • the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend • the property of moving with pain or difficulty • firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action • the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) • excessive sternness | ||||||
| strictness | noun n | |||||
noun • conscientious attention to rules and details • uncompromising resolution | ||||||
| rigidness | noun n | |||||
noun • the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending • the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe | ||||||