Antonyms of adj rigid

5 senses of rigid

Sense 1
rigid, stiff -- (incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck")

INDIRECT (VIA inflexible) -> flexible, flexile -- (able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches")

Sense 2
rigid, strict -- (incapable of compromise or flexibility)

INDIRECT (VIA intolerant) -> tolerant -- (showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others)

Sense 3
inflexible, rigid, unbending -- (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate")

INDIRECT (VIA unadaptable) -> adaptable -- (capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths")

Sense 4
rigid (vs. nonrigid) -- (designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure)

nonrigid (vs. rigid) -- (designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure)

Sense 5
fixed, set, rigid -- (fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain")

INDIRECT (VIA nonmoving) -> moving -- (in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine")

Similarity of adj rigid

5 senses of rigid

Sense 1
rigid, stiff -- (incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck")
       => inflexible (vs. flexible) -- (resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade";)

Sense 2
rigid, strict -- (incapable of compromise or flexibility)
       => intolerant (vs. tolerant) -- (unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion)

Sense 3
inflexible, rigid, unbending -- (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate")
       => unadaptable (vs. adaptable) -- (not adaptable)

Sense 4
rigid (vs. nonrigid) -- (designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure)
       => semirigid -- (having a form maintained by a rigid internal structure as well as by internal gas pressure)

Sense 5
fixed, set, rigid -- (fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain")
       => nonmoving (vs. moving), unmoving -- (not in motion)

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