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Synonyms for firm
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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devoted, faithful, incorruptible, loyal, stanch, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, unwaveringAntonyms:
capricious, faithless, false, fickle, unfaithful, untrue, untrustworthy, waveringPreposition:
Faithful in service; to duty; to comrade or commander; faithful among the faithless.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
firm
Synonyms:
fast, secure, strong, steadfast, solid, stable, established, rooted, immovable, robust, unshaken, sturdy, resolute, determined, fixed, decided, attachedAntonyms:
loose, insecure, weak, illrooted, tottering, vacillating, irresolute, ductile, exorable, indulgent, disaffected, wavering, unreliable
Princeton's WordNet
firm, house, business firmadjective
the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
"he worked for a brokerage house"
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menage, family, house, sign, theatre, household, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, mansion, theater, business firm, home, star signAntonyms:
unsteady, unfixed, unforceful, insecure, soft, unstable, unsettled, unhealthy, irresolute, unfaithful, forceless, unsafefirm, 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"
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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, steadyAntonyms:
unhealthy, soft, unsettled, unsafe, forceless, unstable, unsteady, unforceful, irresolute, insecure, unfixed, unfaithfulfirm, solidadjective
not soft or yielding to pressure
"a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground"
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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, strongAntonyms:
insecure, unsafe, unsettled, unfaithful, forceless, irresolute, unhealthy, soft, unfixed, unstable, unsteady, unforcefulfirm, strongadjective
strong and sure
"a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"
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loyal, potent, inviolable, fast(a), substantial, stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, truehearted, warm, hard, unbendable, steadfast, solid, unattackable, unwavering, unassailable, steady, immobile, strong, impregnable, secureAntonyms:
unsteady, unforceful, unstable, unsafe, unfaithful, forceless, unfixed, insecure, irresolute, unsettled, soft, unhealthyfirmadjective
not subject to revision or change
"a firm contract"; "a firm offer"
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solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobileAntonyms:
soft, unhealthy, unsafe, unsettled, unsteady, irresolute, unforceful, insecure, unstable, unfixed, forceless, unfaithfulfirmadjective
(of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
"his voice was firm and confident"; "a firm step"
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solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobileAntonyms:
soft, unhealthy, unstable, unfixed, irresolute, insecure, unforceful, unsettled, unfaithful, forceless, unsteady, unsafefirm, steady, unfluctuatingadjective
not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
"stocks are still firm"
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loyal, fast(a), stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, truehearted, unbendable, steadfast, solid, unwavering, regular, steady, immobile, strongAntonyms:
insecure, unsettled, unforceful, soft, unsteady, forceless, unfaithful, irresolute, unsafe, unfixed, unhealthy, unstablefirmadjective
securely established
"holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"
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solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobileAntonyms:
unforceful, soft, forceless, insecure, irresolute, unsettled, unstable, unsafe, unfaithful, unsteady, unfixed, unhealthyfirmadjective
possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
"firm muscles"
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solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobileAntonyms:
irresolute, unsteady, unstable, unsafe, insecure, unforceful, soft, unfixed, unfaithful, unhealthy, forceless, unsettledfast, firm, immobileadjective
securely fixed in place
"the post was still firm after being hit by the car"
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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, strongAntonyms:
unforceful, unsafe, unsteady, insecure, unstable, unsettled, unfaithful, forceless, unhealthy, soft, unfixed, irresolutefirm, 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"
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unhealthy, unfaithful, unsafe, unfixed, soft, unforceful, unsettled, unsteady, irresolute, insecure, forceless, unstabletauten, firmverb
become taut or tauter
"Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"
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tautenAntonyms:
unfaithful, unstable, unsteady, unsafe, forceless, irresolute, unhealthy, unforceful, unfixed, insecure, soft, unsettledtauten, firmadverb
make taut or tauter
"tauten a rope"
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tautenAntonyms:
irresolute, insecure, unstable, unsteady, forceless, unfaithful, unforceful, unsettled, unfixed, soft, unhealthy, unsafefirm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringlyadverb
with resolute determination
"we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm"
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unwaveringly, firmly, hard, securely, steadfastlyAntonyms:
unsettled, unsteady, insecure, forceless, unstable, unsafe, soft, unforceful, unfixed, irresolute, unfaithful, unhealthy
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
firmadjective
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compact, compressed, solid, dense, hard, not soft, not fluidfirmadjective
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fixed, fast, rooted, established, settled, confirmed, stable, secure, immovablefirmadjective
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steady, steadfast, unshaken, resolute, stanch, constantfirmadjective
firmnoun
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concern, house, company, partnership
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
firmadjective
Synonyms:
fast, immovable, secure, compact, solid, dense, compressed, fixed, resolute, constant, unwavering, unshaken, steadfast, stanch, determined, invincible, inflexible, incompliantAntonyms:
flaccid, soft, vacillating, irresolute, lax, yielding, facile, inconstant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "firm":
strong, company, solid, farm, resolute, undertaking, steadfast, enterprise, farms, business, robust, firmness, staunch, strict, decisive, cabinet, unwavering, corporation, shut, fermi, resolutely, determined, ferme, fixed, unswerving, firmly, tough, companies, stable, sound, vigorous, strongly, steady, society, signature, forceful, farmhouse, office, definite, 'entreprise, enterprises, stringent, close, venture
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How to use firm in a sentence?
Finance Minister Michel Sapin:
First and foremost we must be firm, doing otherwise would be wrong with respect to (other) labour unions, most of whom support the text.
SBI securities has closed down the functional keys of its trading platform while the market was rolling down and thus not allowing its traders to sell any shares. Corrupt brokerage firm maligning the good image of SBI bank
Microsoft’s earnings were superb, even compared with strong market expectations, those tech firm shares have been in a bit of the doldrums since August but they are likely to lead the market again, given their solid outlook.
Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education they grow there, firm as weeds among rocks.
It was tough out there, the greens are firm, quick and the wind tends to swirl around here.
Translations for firm
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- شركة, شركة تجاريةArabic
- втвърдявам се, закрепвам, стабилен, фирма, корав, твърд, втвърдявам, неотстъпчив, фиксирамBulgarian
- firma, fermCatalan, Valencian
- nepoddajný, upevnit, tvrdý, ztvrdnout, pevný, firmaCzech
- firmaDanish
- Firma, festGerman
- σταθεροποιούμαι, αμετακίνητος, εταιρία, στεριώνω, στέρεος, στιβαρός, στερεώνω, σταθερός, σταθεροποιώ, επιχείρηση, ακράδαντος, γερόςGreek
- firmaEsperanto
- veendunud, kindelEstonian
- محکمPersian
- luja, varmistaa, kiinnittää, lujittua, vakuuttunut, vankka, yritys, vakaa, tukeva, lujittaa, vahvistuaFinnish
- raffermirFrench
- comhlacht, diongbháilteIrish
- cunbhalach, seasmhachScottish Gaelic
- colughtManx
- cégHungarian
- fyrirtæki, firmaIcelandic
- ferreoItalian
- 固いJapanese
- firmusLatin
- stingrs, stingsLatvian
- firmaDutch
- fastNorwegian
- firmaPolish
- firmaPortuguese
- фирмаRussian
- firma, твртка, tvrtka, фирмаSerbo-Croatian
- firmaTurkish
- fiamVolapük
- 公司Chinese
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