nonrigid

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adjective

Not rigid; flexible.

“Nonrigids are cheap and easy to build, store, and transport, but their lack of structural reinforcement limits them to smaller sizes and lower speeds than rigids or semirigids.”

Similar
blimp
Opposite
rigid
OriginEnglish rigid ← Middle English rigide ← Latin rigidus →
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Meanings

adjectivenonrigid (not comparable)

alternative non-rigid

  1. not comparableNot rigid; flexible.
  2. not comparableThat maintains its shape only by internal gas pressure.
nounnonrigid (plural nonrigids)

plural nonrigids · alternative non-rigid

  1. aeronauticsAn airship that maintains its shape only by internal gas pressure.

    Nonrigids are cheap and easy to build, store, and transport, but their lack of structural reinforcement limits them to smaller sizes and lower speeds than rigids or semirigids.

    Synonyms: blimp

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn airship that maintains its shape only by internal gas pressure.

Similar
blimp

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedesignating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure

Opposite
rigid
Also see
blimp

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*Hreyǵ-
  15. Proto-Italic*rigēō
  16. Latinrigeō
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  18. Latinrigidus
  19. Middle Englishrigide
  20. Englishrigid
  21. Englishnonrigid

From non- + rigid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Girondin
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APA

nonrigid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrigid

MLA

“nonrigid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrigid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonrigid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrigid.

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