Inflexible synonyms and antonyms
ĭn-flĕk'sə-bəl
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Scrupulously or severely maintained or performed; rigorous or harsh:
Not to be altered; immutable:
Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent:
Not bendable
The definition of taut is pulled or stretched tight.
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Firm or determined; unwavering.
Refusing to yield, obey, or comply; resisting doggedly or unreasonably; resolute or obstinate
Not giving way to pressure; hard or inflexible:
Having no errors or loopholes; unassailable.
(Law) Of or relating to things, such as trees and buildings, attached to real property:
Decided; resolute, possessing much determination.
Without mercy or compassion
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Firmly in position; stationary:
Difficult to change or break
stiff (related)
Hard to bend or stretch; rigid; firm; not flexible or pliant
obstinate (related)
Characterized by such adherence:
Unyielding; inflexible:
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Stubbornly persevering; tenacious:
Lacking in shade; undiminished:
Resulting from willfulness and obstinacy:
Impossible to placate or appease:
impliable
Capable of being implied.
Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant.
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inductile
Not ductile; not malleable, pliant, etc.
Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.
indurative
Not elastic; inflexible, rigid, unyielding, unadaptable, etc.
Impossible to stop or prevent; inevitable
Firm; unyielding
That cannot be reconciled; that cannot be brought into agreement; incompatible, conflicting, or inconsistent
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Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting:
Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Very strict or harsh
Fixed or unchanging:
Strained; drawn close; tight.
Constricted; tight:
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unadaptable
Not adaptable.
Rigid; stiff
Unwilling to grant concessions or negotiate; inflexible:
(Computing) The state of being unchangeable in the memory after creation.
The quality of being implacable.
induration
The hardening of a normally soft tissue or organ, especially the skin, due to inflammation, infiltration of a neoplasm, or accumulation of blood.
The quality or state of being inexorable.
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The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; obstinacy.
The state of being intransigent.
perseveration
(Psychiatry) The persistent and pathological repetition of a verbal or motor response, often seen in organic brain disease and schizophrenia
The condition of being relentless.
rigidification
(Geometry) A form of isomorphism applied between line bundles.
In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
unalterability
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flexible (antonym)
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
pliable (antonym)
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
elastic (antonym)
Able to spring back to its original size, shape, or position after being stretched, squeezed, flexed, expanded, etc.; flexible; springy
resilient (antonym)
Recovering strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyant
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accommodating (antonym)
Helpful and obliging.
willing (antonym)
The definition of willing is agreeable do something.
reasonable (antonym)
Capable of reasoning; rational:
yielding (antonym)
Producing a good yield; productive
That cannot be altered; unchangeable
Not changing or subject to change; constant.
Bold and impudent; brazen.
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Stubbornly resistant to change or unwaveringly loyal even in spite of inevitable defeat, failure, etc.
Grim is defined as stern or unmoving.
Not compliant; not yielding; not pliant
Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.
Having no pity or compassion; merciless.
(Archaic) incompliant
stubborn as a mule (or ox)
resist (related)
Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will
compromising (antonym)
cumbersome (related)
inefficient (related)
bureaucratic (related)
burdensome (related)
outdated (related)
out-dated (related)
unwieldy (related)
Confirmed or inveterate, esp. in wrong or immoral behavior; habitual
Resistance to treatment; persistence, as of a disease
Synonym Study
- Obdurate implies a hardheartedness that is not easily moved to pity, sympathy, or forgiveness her obdurate refusal to help
- Implacable suggests the impossibility of pacifying or appeasing implacable in his hatred
- Adamant implies a firm or unbreakable resolve that remains unaffected by temptation or pleading adamant to her entreaties
- Inflexible implies an unyielding or unshakable firmness in mind or purpose, sometimes connoting stubbornness his inflexible attitude
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