DISTENSILE Antonyms
distend
Best Opposite Words For DISTENSILE
| Word | Save | Syns.. | Usage | Type | ||
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| compact | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
adjective • closely and firmly united or packed together noun • a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse • a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action • a small and economical car adjective satellite • having a short and solid form or stature • briefly giving the gist of something verb • have the property of being packable or of compacting easily • compress into a wad • make more compact by or as if by pressing • squeeze or press together | ||||||
| firm | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments adverb • with resolute determination adjective satellite • marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable • not soft or yielding to pressure • strong and sure • not subject to revision or change • (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling • not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall • securely established • possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue • securely fixed in place • unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause verb • become taut or tauter • make taut or tauter | ||||||
| inelastic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not elastic | ||||||
| inflexible | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • incapable of change • not making concessions • resistant to being bent adjective satellite • incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances | ||||||
| rigid | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure adjective satellite • incapable of or resistant to bending • incapable of compromise or flexibility • incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances • fixed and unmoving | ||||||
| stiff | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • having a strong physiological or chemical effect noun • an ordinary man • the dead body of a human being adverb • to a great degree • in a stiff manner adjective satellite • not moving or operating freely • strong, vigorous • rigidly formal • marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable • incapable of or resistant to bending • very drunk | ||||||
| taut | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • pulled or drawn tight • subjected to great tension; stretched tight | ||||||
| tense | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') • taut or rigid; stretched tight noun • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time verb • become stretched or tense or taut • increase the tension on • become tense, nervous, or uneasy • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | ||||||
| unyielding | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly unyielding • resistant to physical force or pressure | ||||||
| contractible | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • Capable of contraction • (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation | ||||||
Alternatives for COMPACT
Alternatives for FIRM
Alternatives for INFLEXIBLE
Alternatives for RIGID
Alternatives for STIFF
- firm
- rigid
- strong
- unshakable
- austere
- hard
- immovable
- inflexible
- obstinate
- solid
- stringent
- stubborn
- sturdy
- unbending
- unrelenting
- unswerving
- unyielding
- unpliant
- unshakeable
- besotted
- blotto
- buckram
- cadaver
- clay
- cockeyed
- corpse
- crocked
- fuddled
- loaded
- pie-eyed
- pixilated
- plastered
- potent
- remains
- slopped
- sloshed
- smashed
- soaked
- sozzled
- squiffy
- starchy
- steadfast
- steady
- stiffly
- tight
- unbendable
- unfaltering
- unwavering
- wet