| Main Entry: | rigidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, austerity, cruelty, grimness, hardheartedness, hardness, harshness, rigor, rigorousness, sharpness, sternness, strictness, stringency, toughness, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | rigidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | austerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, asperity, astringence, coldness, exactingness, exactness, formality, formalness, gravity, grimness, hardness, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, obduracy, rigidity, rigor, seriousness, solemnity, sternness, stiffness, strictness, stringency |
Antonyms: |
blandness, calmness, gentility, meekness, mildness |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stiffness |
Synonyms: |
compactness, density, durability, fixedness, hardness, impenetrability, impermeability, imperviousness, impliability, inelasticity, inflexibility, resistance, rigidity, solidity, temper, tensile strength, toughness |
Antonyms: |
flexibility, softness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | rigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strictness, exactness |
Synonyms: |
accuracy, affliction, asperity, austerity, conscientiousness, conventionalism, difficulty, exactitude, firmness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, intolerance, meticulousness, obduracy, ordeal, preciseness, precision, privation, punctiliousness, rigidity, roughness, severity, sternness, stiffness, stringency, suffering, tenacity, thoroughness, traditionalism, trial, tribulation, vicissitude, visitation |
Antonyms: |
ease, elasticity, flexibility, leniency, pliability |
| Main Entry: | tension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tightness |
Synonyms: |
astriction, balance, constriction, force, pressure, rigidity, stiffness, strain, straining, stress, stretching, tautness, tenseness, tensity |
Antonyms: |
limpness, looseness, relaxation, slack |
| Main Entry: | regimentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discipline |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, classification, collectivization, command, division, grouping, harmonization, institutionalization, mechanization, methodization, ordering, organization, regulation, rigidity, standardization, strictness, uniformity |
| Main Entry: | stiffness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflexibility |
Synonyms: |
constraint, firmness, formality, precision, prudery, rigidity, rigor, tension |
Antonyms: |
ease, flaccidity, flexibility, informality, limpness, pliability, relaxation |
| Main Entry: | hardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, austerity, cruelty, grimness, hardheartedness, harshness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, sharpness, sternness, strictness, stringency, toughness, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | implacability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness |