English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “rigid”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for rigid is rigid, with 0 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
rigid
1 segments0 break points
British English pattern result ri-gid The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordrigid
Hyphenationrigid
Break points0
Part of speechadjective · noun
Pronunciationˈrɪdʒɪd
Meaning & usage

What does “rigid” mean?

rigid: unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.

Headwordrigid
Part of speechadjective · noun
Pronunciationˈrɪdʒɪd
1
adjective

unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.

Example: “a seat of rigid orange plastic”

Synonyms:
firm hard inelastic inflexible stiff taut tight unbending unyielding impliable non-flexible unmalleable
Antonyms:
2
adjective

not able to be changed or adapted.

Example: “rigid bureaucratic controls”

Antonyms:
3
noun

a lorry which is not articulated.

Word breaks

How “rigid” is split

rigid

For US English, the hyphenation result is rigid. This gives 0 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns ri-gid.

Quick answers

Questions about “rigid”

How do you hyphenate “rigid”?

In the US-English result used here, rigid is hyphenated as rigid.

Where can “rigid” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 0 possible break points.

What does “rigid” mean?

unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.

Can you use “rigid” in a sentence?

“a seat of rigid orange plastic”

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