Synonyms: inflexible
Definition: resistant to being bent
Usage: an inflexible iron bar; an inflexible knife blade;
Similar words: muscle-bound
Definition: having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise
Usage: he arrived accompanied by two muscle-bound body guards
Definition: incapable of or resistant to bending
Usage: a rigid strip of metal; a table made of rigid plastic; a palace guardsman stiff as a poker; stiff hair; a stiff neck
Similar words: semirigid
Definition: not fully rigid
Synonyms: inflexible
Definition: incapable of change
Usage: a man of inflexible purpose
Similar words: inexorable, intransigent, adamant, adamantine
Definition: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
Usage: he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind; Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him- W.Churchill; an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency
Similar words: die-hard, rock-ribbed
Definition: tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated
Usage: an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative; rock-ribbed republican
Similar words: ossified, fossilised, fossilized
Definition: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
Usage: obsolete fossilized ways; an ossified bureaucratic system
Similar words: hard-core
Definition: stubbornly resistant to change or improvement
Usage: hard-core addicts
Similar words: brassbound, ironclad
Definition: inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
Usage: brassbound traditions; brassbound party loyalists; an ironclad rule
Synonyms: inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising
Definition: not making concessions
Usage: took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks; uncompromising honesty
Synonyms: unbending, inflexible, rigid
Definition: incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
Usage: a rigid disciplinarian; an inflexible law; an unbending will to dominate
Similar words: unadaptable
Definition: not adaptable