| Main Entry: | inelastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unflexible |
Synonyms: |
inductile, inextensible, inflexible, rigid, stable, stiff, unadaptable, unbending, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
elastic |
| Main Entry: | brittle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fragile |
Synonyms: |
breakable, crisp, crumbling, crumbly, delicate, frail, frangible, friable, inelastic, shatterable, shivery, vitreous, weak |
Antonyms: |
durable, flexible, moveable, resilient, supple |
| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inflexible |
Synonyms: |
close, close-grained, compact, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congealed, dense, fine-grained, hard, hardened, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, jelled, nonporous, refractory, rigid, set, solid, solidified, stiff, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
flexible, loose, slack, soft, supple, weak, yielding |
| Main Entry: | flaccid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | drooping |
Synonyms: |
debilitated, emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, flabby, flimsy, inelastic, irresilient, lax, limp, loose, nerveless, quaggy, sapped, slack, soft, weak, weakened |
Antonyms: |
firm, taut, tight |
| Main Entry: | inflexible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardened, stiff |
Synonyms: |
hard, immalleable, impliable, inelastic, nonflexible, rigid, set, starched, taut, unbending |
Antonyms: |
bendable, elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant, resilient, soft |
| Main Entry: | rigid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stiff, strict, severe |
Synonyms: |
adamant, adamantine, austere, bullheaded, changeless, chiseled, dead set, definite, determined, exact, firm, fixed, hard, hard-line, harsh, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, invariable, locked in, obdurate, rigorous, set, set in stone, single-minded, solid, static, stern, strait-laced, stringent, tough nut to crack, unalterable, unbending, unbreakable, unchanging, uncompromising, undeviating, unmoving, unpermissive, unrelenting, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
bending, flexible, lenient, limber, pliable, pliant, soft, yielding |
| Main Entry: | stiff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, inflexible |
Synonyms: |
annealed, arthritic, benumbed, brittle, buckram, cemented, chilled, congealed, contracted, creaky, firm, fixed, frozen, graceless, hardened, immalleable, impliable, incompliant, indurate, inelastic, jelled, mechanical, numbed, ossified, petrified, refractory, resistant, rheumatic, rigid, set, solid, solidified, starched, starchy, stark, steely, stiff as a board, stony, taut, tense, thick, thickened, tight, unbending, unflexible, ungraceful, unsupple, unyielding, wooden |
Antonyms: |
flexible, pliable, pliant, soft |
| Main Entry: | unbending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rigid, tough |
Synonyms: |
aloof, crisp, distant, do or die, dug in, firm, formal, hard as nails, hard-line, hold one's ground, hold the fort, hold the line, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, locked in, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, reserved, resolute, set in stone, severe, single-minded, standing one's ground, standing pat, sticking to one's guns, stiff, strict, stubborn, uncompromising, unflexible, unrelenting, unswayable, unyielding, uptight |
Antonyms: |
bending, flexible, pliable, pliant, relaxed, soft |
| Main Entry: | incompressible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | firm |
Synonyms: |
close, close-grained, compact, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congealed, dense, fine-grained, hard, hardened, heavy*, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, jelled, nonporous, refractory, rigid, set, solid, solidified, stiff, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough*, unyielding |