Antonyms for firm
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1. firm

   A person is faithful who will keep faith, whether with or without power to aid or serve; a person or thing is trusty that possesses such qualities as to justify the fullest confidence and dependence. We may speak of a faithful but feeble friend; we say a trusty agent, a trusty steed, a trusty sword.

   Antonyms:
   capricious, faithless, false, fickle, unfaithful, untrue, untrustworthy, wavering

   Synonyms:
   devoted, faithful, incorruptible, loyal, stanch, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, unwavering

   Preposition:
   Faithful in service; to duty; to comrade or commander; faithful among the faithless.

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1. firm

   Antonyms:
   loose, insecure, weak, illrooted, tottering, vacillating, irresolute, ductile, exorable, indulgent, disaffected, wavering, unreliable

   Synonyms:
   fast, secure, strong, steadfast, solid, stable, established, rooted, immovable, robust, unshaken, sturdy, resolute, determined, fixed, decided, attached

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1. firm, house, business firmadjective

   the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

   "he worked for a brokerage house"

   Antonyms:
   unsteady, unfixed, unforceful, insecure, soft, unstable, unsettled, unhealthy, irresolute, unfaithful, forceless, unsafe

   Synonyms:
   menage, family, house, sign, theatre, household, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, mansion, theater, business firm, home, star sign

2. firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwaveringadjective

   marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

   "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"

   Antonyms:
   unhealthy, soft, unsettled, unsafe, forceless, unstable, unsteady, unforceful, irresolute, insecure, unfixed, unfaithful

   Synonyms:
   staunch, stiff, slopped, pissed, steadfast, blind drunk, unfaltering, besotted, solid, buckram, blotto, pixilated, cockeyed, truehearted, fast(a), potent, unswerving, fast, fuddled, tight, soused, bulletproof, unassailable, immobile, watertight, level, loyal, sozzled, unfluctuating, squiffy, unbendable, unshakable, soaked, unwavering, crocked, rigid, plastered, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, strong, starchy, loaded, wet, regular, steady

3. firm, solidadjective

   not soft or yielding to pressure

   "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground"

   Antonyms:
   insecure, unsafe, unsettled, unfaithful, forceless, irresolute, unhealthy, soft, unfixed, unstable, unsteady, unforceful

   Synonyms:
   self-colored, whole, loyal, unanimous, self-coloured, upstanding, fast(a), substantial, stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, hearty, truehearted, satisfying, unbendable, steadfast, solid, unwavering, steady, immobile, square, strong

4. firm, strongadjective

   strong and sure

   "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"

   Antonyms:
   unsteady, unforceful, unstable, unsafe, unfaithful, forceless, unfixed, insecure, irresolute, unsettled, soft, unhealthy

   Synonyms:
   loyal, potent, inviolable, fast(a), substantial, stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, truehearted, warm, hard, unbendable, steadfast, solid, unattackable, unwavering, unassailable, steady, immobile, strong, impregnable, secure

5. firmadjective

   not subject to revision or change

   "a firm contract"; "a firm offer"

   Antonyms:
   soft, unhealthy, unsafe, unsettled, unsteady, irresolute, unforceful, insecure, unstable, unfixed, forceless, unfaithful

   Synonyms:
   solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobile

6. firmadjective

   (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

   "his voice was firm and confident"; "a firm step"

   Antonyms:
   soft, unhealthy, unstable, unfixed, irresolute, insecure, unforceful, unsettled, unfaithful, forceless, unsteady, unsafe

   Synonyms:
   solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobile

7. firm, steady, unfluctuatingadjective

   not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

   "stocks are still firm"

   Antonyms:
   insecure, unsettled, unforceful, soft, unsteady, forceless, unfaithful, irresolute, unsafe, unfixed, unhealthy, unstable

   Synonyms:
   loyal, fast(a), stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, truehearted, unbendable, steadfast, solid, unwavering, regular, steady, immobile, strong

8. firmadjective

   securely established

   "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"

   Antonyms:
   unforceful, soft, forceless, insecure, irresolute, unsettled, unstable, unsafe, unfaithful, unsteady, unfixed, unhealthy

   Synonyms:
   solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobile

9. firmadjective

   possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

   "firm muscles"

   Antonyms:
   irresolute, unsteady, unstable, unsafe, insecure, unforceful, soft, unfixed, unfaithful, unhealthy, forceless, unsettled

   Synonyms:
   solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobile

10. fast, firm, immobileadjective

    securely fixed in place

    "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"

    Antonyms:
    unforceful, unsafe, unsteady, insecure, unstable, unsettled, unfaithful, forceless, unhealthy, soft, unfixed, irresolute

    Synonyms:
    loyal, flying, debauched, unfluctuating, riotous, stiff, unwavering, unshakable, fast, dissolute, libertine, truehearted, quick, unbendable, steadfast, degraded, solid, unfaltering, fast(a), steady, dissipated, immobile, degenerate, profligate, strong

11. firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)verb

    unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

    "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"

    Antonyms:
    unhealthy, unfaithful, unsafe, unfixed, soft, unforceful, unsettled, unsteady, irresolute, insecure, forceless, unstable

12. tauten, firmverb

    become taut or tauter

    "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"

    Antonyms:
    unfaithful, unstable, unsteady, unsafe, forceless, irresolute, unhealthy, unforceful, unfixed, insecure, soft, unsettled

    Synonyms:
    tauten

13. tauten, firmadverb

    make taut or tauter

    "tauten a rope"

    Antonyms:
    irresolute, insecure, unstable, unsteady, forceless, unfaithful, unforceful, unsettled, unfixed, soft, unhealthy, unsafe

    Synonyms:
    tauten

14. firm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringlyadverb

    with resolute determination

    "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm"

    Antonyms:
    unsettled, unsteady, insecure, forceless, unstable, unsafe, soft, unforceful, unfixed, irresolute, unfaithful, unhealthy

    Synonyms:
    unwaveringly, firmly, hard, securely, steadfastly

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1. firmadjective

   Antonyms:
   flaccid, soft, vacillating, irresolute, lax, yielding, facile, inconstant

   Synonyms:
   fast, immovable, secure, compact, solid, dense, compressed, fixed, resolute, constant, unwavering, unshaken, steadfast, stanch, determined, invincible, inflexible, incompliant

How to use firm in a sentence?

1. Johnnie Jones:

   I was in the car and got out as it got blown in the air, we had to take a firm stand. Johnnie Jones only live once, but when Johnnie Jones die, Johnnie Jones die forever, so I wasn't going to rest until we could fix things.

2. President Biden:

   The world will hold Russia accountable, president Putin’s actions demand a firm response. That’s why we’re imposing full blocking sanctions on VEB and Russia’s military bank, cutting off Russia from western financing, imposing sanctions on elites, and more.

3. First American:

   We are currently evaluating what effect, if any, this had on the security of customer information. We have hired an outside forensic firm to assure us that there has not been any meaningful unauthorized access to our customer data.

4. Steven Ciobo:

   While Indonesia is a close neighbor and firm friend, our trade and economic relationship can and should be performing better, i am pleased to announce the reactivation of the Indonesia-Australia Business Partnership Group to ramp up business links.

5. Monday Murdaugh:

   The murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. I have made a lot of decisions that I truly regret, i’m resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after a long battle that has been exacerbated these murders. I am immensely sorry to everyone I’ve hurt including my family, friends and colleagues. I ask for prayers as I rehabilitate myself and my relationships.

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