| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stiffness |
Synonyms: |
compactness, density, durability, fixedness, hardness, impenetrability, impermeability, imperviousness, impliability, inelasticity, inflexibility, resistance, rigidity, solidity, temper, tensile strength, toughness |
Antonyms: |
flexibility, softness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immovability |
Synonyms: |
durability, solidity, soundness, stability, steadiness, strength, substantiality, tautness, tension, tightness |
Antonyms: |
infirmity, instability, movability |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resolution, resolve |
Synonyms: |
constancy, decidedness, decision, determination, fixedness, fixity, inflexibility, obduracy, obstinacy, purposefulness, purposiveness, staunchness, steadfastness, strength, strictness |
Antonyms: |
indefiniteness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence |
Synonyms: |
aggressiveness, aplomb, arrogance, assuredness, audacity, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, conviction, coolness, courage, effrontery, faith, firmness, impudence, nerve, poise, positiveness, presumption, security, self-confidence, self-reliance, sureness, surety, temerity, trust |
Antonyms: |
confusion, distrust, doubt, fear, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | backbone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of character |
Synonyms: |
courage, determination, firmness, fortitude, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, intestinal fortitude, mettle, moral fiber, nerve, pluck, resolution, resolve, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity, toughness, will, willpower |
Antonyms: |
ineptness, powerlessness, spinelessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | positive assurance |
Synonyms: |
all sewn up, authoritativeness, belief, certitude, cinch, confidence, conviction, credence, definiteness, dogmatism, faith, firmness, indubitableness, inevitability, lock*, lockup, open and shut case, positiveness, positivism, rain or shine, setup, shoo-in, staunchness, steadiness, stock, store, sure bet, sure thing, surefire, sureness, surety, trust, validity, wrap-up |
| Notes: | certitude is a measure of a person's positive feeling about something; certainty is a measure of the degree to which a process or development may be realized |
Antonyms: |
ambiguity, doubt, hesitation, questionableness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | confidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in oneself |
Synonyms: |
aplomb, assurance, backbone, boldness, brashness, certainty, cool, courage, daring, dash, determination, elan, faith in oneself, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart, impudence, intrepidity, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, poise, presumption, reliance, resoluteness, resolution, self-possession, self-reliance, spirit, spunk, sureness, tenacity |
Antonyms: |
uncertainty, unconfidence |
| Main Entry: | consistency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thickness |
Synonyms: |
bendability, bendableness, compactness, density, elasticity, fabric, firmness, flexibility, frangibility, hardness, limberness, moldability, organization, plasticity, pliability, softness, solidity, suppleness, texture, viscidity, viscosity, viscousness |
| Main Entry: | constancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixedness |
Synonyms: |
abidingness, adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, certainty, decision, dependability, determination, devotedness, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, earnestness, endurance, faith, fealty, fidelity, firmness, honesty, honor, integrity, love, loyalty, permanence, perseverance, principle, regularity, resolution, stability, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, surety, tenacity, trustiness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, unchangeableness, unfailingness, uniformity, zeal |
Antonyms: |
change, changeableness, fluctuation, inconstancy, instability, irregularity, unsteadiness |
| Main Entry: | conviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guilty sentence; assurance |
Synonyms: |
assuredness, certainty, certitude, condemnation, condemning, confidence, determining guilt, earnestness, fall, fervor, firmness, rap, reliance, sureness, surety, unfavorable verdict |
Antonyms: |
overturning |