Synonyms for firmness

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1. firmness, soundness(noun)

   the muscle tone of healthy tissue

   "his muscular firmness"

   Synonyms:
   wiseness, steadiness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution, wisdom, soundness, resoluteness

2. resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution(noun)

   the trait of being resolute

   "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"

   Synonyms:
   steadiness, firmness of purpose, resolving power, solving, resolving, resolution, resoluteness, result, solvent, resolve, soundness, declaration, answer, settlement, closure, solution

3. firmness(noun)

   the property of being unyielding to the touch

   Synonyms:
   resolve, resoluteness, soundness, resolution, firmness of purpose, steadiness

4. steadiness, firmness(noun)

   the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place

   Synonyms:
   resolve, resoluteness, soundness, resolution, firmness of purpose, steadiness

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. firmness(n)

   Synonyms:
   constancy, continuance, fixedness, fixity, identity, invariability, permanence, persistence, steadiness, unchangeableness, uniformity

   Antonyms:
   alteration, change, change, conversion, diversity, innovation, mutation, novelty, regeneration, renewal, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitude

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1. firmness(n.)

   Synonyms:
   solidity, compactness, hardness

2. firmness(n.)

   Synonyms:
   stability, strength

3. firmness(n.)

   Synonyms:
   constancy, steadfastness, steadiness

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1. List of paraphrases:

   steadfastness, decisiveness, determination, firm, rigour, tenacity, strength, vigour, firmly, resolve, strictness, resoluteness

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How to use firmness in a sentence?

1. Edouard Philippe:

   Our objective is one of total firmness.

2. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859:

   He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties. He must use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and when he has decided, firmness and self-control to hold to his deliberate decision.

3. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte:

   We are facing a national emergency. We chose from the beginning to take the line of truth and transparency and now we're moving with lucidity and courage, with firmness and determination, we have to limit the spread of the virus and prevent our hospitals from being overwhelmed.

4. Frederic Dabi:

   Public opinion will not be content with compassion. It will judge the president on his actions, he ticked the right boxes in his Versailles speech in terms of authority, firmness and martial tone. He did the job. He showed once again he can handle outsize events.

5. Phyllis Mcginley:

   God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. But because I happen to be a parent of almost fiercely maternal nature, I praise casualness . It seems to me the rarest of virtues. It is useful enough when children are small. It is important to the point of necessity when they are adolescents.

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