Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stiffness

5 senses of stiffness

Sense 1
stiffness -- (the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend)
       => inelasticity -- (the lack of elasticity)

Sense 2
stiffness -- (the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck")
       => awkwardness, clumsiness -- (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)

Sense 3
stiffness -- (firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity")
       => resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution -- (the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work")

Sense 4
awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness -- (the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment))
       => inelegance -- (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

Sense 5
severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness -- (excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp")
       => sternness, strictness -- (uncompromising resolution)