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NONPLIANT Synonyms

There are 16 synonyms of the word nonpliant. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word nonpliant. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for NONPLIANT

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adamantine
adjectiveadj
adjective

• consisting of or having the hardness of adamant

adjective satellite

• having the hardness of a diamond

• impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

firm
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

adverb

• with resolute determination

adjective satellite

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• strong and sure

• not subject to revision or change

• (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely established

• possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

verb

• become taut or tauter

• make taut or tauter

immovable
adjectiveadj
noun

• property consisting of houses and land

adjective satellite

• not able or intended to be moved

inflexible
adjectiveadj
adjective

• incapable of change

• not making concessions

• resistant to being bent

adjective satellite

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

obdurate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

obstinate
adjectiveadj
adjective

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

adjective satellite

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• resistant to guidance or discipline

verb

• persist stubbornly

resistant
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)

• able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress

• impervious to being affected

• disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

• incapable of absorbing or mixing with

resolute
adjectiveadj
adjective

• firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination

adjective satellite

• characterized by quickness and firmness

rigid
adjectiveadj
adjective

• designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

adjective satellite

• incapable of or resistant to bending

• incapable of compromise or flexibility

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• fixed and unmoving

stiff
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

noun

• an ordinary man

• the dead body of a human being

adverb

• to a great degree

• in a stiff manner

adjective satellite

• not moving or operating freely

• strong, vigorous

• rigidly formal

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• incapable of or resistant to bending

• very drunk

stubborn
adjectiveadj
adjective

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

adjective satellite

• not responding to treatment

unbending
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

uncompromising
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not making concessions

unrelenting
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• punishingly harsh

• never-ceasing

unyielding
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure

rigidified
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• become rigid

• make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

Alternatives for ADAMANTINE

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