synonyms: austerity, hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity. type of: sternness, strictness. uncompromising resolution. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action. “a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity”

What is medical term stiffness?

GET THE QUICK FACTS. Joint stiffness is the feeling that the motion of a joint is limited or difficult. The feeling is not caused by weakness or reluctance to move the joint due to pain. Some people with stiffness are capable of moving the joint through its full range of motion, but this movement can require force.

What is another name for stiffness?

In this page you can discover 32 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for stiffness, like: prudery, rigidity, constraint, firmness, formality, inflexibility, precision, rigor, tension, severity and severeness.