| immobile | | |
| adj. | 1. immobile | not capable of movement or of being moved. |
| ~ immovable, immoveable, unmovable, stabile | not able or intended to be moved.; "the immovable hills" |
| ~ immotile, nonmotile | (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement. |
| ~ stiff | not moving or operating freely.; "a stiff hinge" |
| ~ nonmoving, unmoving | not in motion. |
| adj. | 2. fast, firm, immobile | securely fixed in place.; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car" |
| ~ fixed | securely placed or fastened or set.; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor" |
| inflexible | | |
| adj. | 1. inflexible | incapable of change.; "a man of inflexible purpose" |
| ~ adamant, intransigent, inexorable, adamantine | impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason.; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" |
| ~ die-hard, rock-ribbed | tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated.; "an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative"; "rock-ribbed republican" |
| ~ fossilised, fossilized, ossified | set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system" |
| ~ hard-core | stubbornly resistant to change or improvement.; "hard-core addicts" |
| ~ brassbound, ironclad | inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable.; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule" |
| adj. | 2. inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising | not making concessions.; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty" |
| ~ hard-line, hardline | firm and uncompromising.; "a hard-line policy" |
| adj. | 3. inflexible | resistant to being bent.; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade" |
| ~ inelastic | not elastic.; "economists speak of an inelastic price structure" |
| ~ muscle-bound | having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise.; "he arrived accompanied by two muscle-bound body guards" |
| ~ rigid, stiff | incapable of or resistant to bending.; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck" |
| ~ semirigid | not fully rigid. |
| adj. | 4. inflexible, rigid, unbending | incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances.; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" |
| ~ unadaptable | not adaptable. |
| loosen | | |
| v. (change) | 1. loose, loosen | make loose or looser.; "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ relax, loose, loosen | become loose or looser or less tight.; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" |
| ~ relax, unbend | make less taut.; "relax the tension on the rope" |
| ~ slacken, remit | make slack as by lessening tension or firmness. |
| ~ slack | release tension on.; "slack the rope" |
| ~ unscrew | loosen something by unscrewing it.; "unscrew the outlet plate" |
| ~ unscrew | loosen by turning.; "unscrew the bottle cap" |
| v. (social) | 2. loosen, relax | make less severe or strict.; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ loosen, relax | become less severe or strict.; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" |
| v. (social) | 3. loosen, relax | become less severe or strict.; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ loosen, relax | make less severe or strict.; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" |
| v. (contact) | 4. loosen, tease, tease apart | disentangle and raise the fibers of.; "tease wool" |
| ~ unsnarl, disentangle, straighten out | extricate from entanglement.; "Can you disentangle the cord?" |
| v. (contact) | 5. loosen, undo, untie | cause to become loose.; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (contact) | 6. loosen | make less dense.; "loosen the soil" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ scarify | break up.; "scarify soil" |
| ~ fluff, ruffle | erect or fluff up.; "the bird ruffled its feathers" |
| v. (change) | 7. loose, loosen, relax | become loose or looser or less tight.; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
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