Bound and Rigid

Bound

Bound adjective - Fully committed to achieving a goal.
Usage example: I am bound and determined to write a novel before I turn 30

Rigid and bound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rigid" instead an adjective "Bound".

Rigid

Rigid adjective - Not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards.

Bound and rigid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bound" instead an adjective "Rigid".

Nearby Words: rigor, rigidity, rigidly

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Humans Are Cthulhu Their culture is incredibly rigid and bound in protocol, so when the spacefaring humans come to their world and are stranded, the humans get labeled as "demons" for the way they shake up the society due to "revolutionary ideas."
  • Manic Pixie Dream Girl The wildling free woman Ygritte is this for the rigid, honor-bound Jon Snow (who knows nothing) in A Song of Ice and Fire.
  • Daddy's Girl Having a bastard child in such a rigid, honor-bound tradition as the samurai caste is a big taboo, so Ryo understands what it means for a man of her father's station to acknowledge her as his own.
    Source: Daddy's Girl
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