| 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: | rigorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe; exact |
Synonyms: |
accurate, ascetic, austere, bitter, brutal, burdensome, correct, definite, dogmatic, exacting, hard, harsh, inclement, inflexible, intemperate, ironhanded, meticulous, nice, onerous, oppressive, precise, proper, punctilious, right, rigid, rugged, scrupulous, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, uncompromising, unpermissive |
| Notes: | rigorous means demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; vigorous means strong and active physically or mentally |
Antonyms: |
easy, easy-going, lax, lenient, loose, mild |
| Main Entry: | strict |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authoritarian |
Synonyms: |
austere, dead set, disciplinary, dour, draconian*, exacting, firm, forbidding, grim, hard, hard-boiled, harsh, iron-fisted, no-nonsense, oppressive, picky, prudish, punctilious, puritanical, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, set, severe, square, stern, stickling, straight, strait-laced, stringent, stuffy, tough, unpermissive, unsparing, uptight* |
Antonyms: |
amenable, easy-going, flexible, lenient, tolerant, tractable, yielding |
| Main Entry: | stringent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rigid, tight |
Synonyms: |
acrimonious, binding, brick-wall, by the book, by the numbers, compelling, confining, convincing, dead set on, demanding, draconian, drawing, dyed-in-the-wool, exacting, forceful, hard, hard-nosed, harsh, inflexible, iron-fisted, ironclad, picky, poignant, powerful, rigorous, rough, set, severe, stiff, strict, tough, unpermissive, valid |
Antonyms: |
flexible, inexact, tolerant |