/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of stiffness Find synonyms for: Noun1. stiffness, inelasticityusage: the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend2. stiffness, awkwardness, clumsinessusage: the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"3. stiffness, resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolutionusage: firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"4. awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness, ineleganceusage: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)5. severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness, sternness, strictnessusage: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: acerbity Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language