INFLEXIBILITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

Synonyms:

inflexibility; rigidity; rigidness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("inflexibility" is a kind of...):

unadaptability (the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances)

Antonym:

flexibility (the quality of being adaptable or variable)

Derivation:

inflexible (incapable of change)

inflexible (not making concessions)

inflexible (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances)

Meaning:

A lack of physical flexibility

Synonyms:

inflexibility; inflexibleness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("inflexibility" is a kind of...):

rigidity; rigidness (the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending)

Antonym:

flexibility (the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped)

Derivation:

inflexible (resistant to being bent)