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| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business |
| Synonyms: | association, bunch, company, concern, conglomerate, corporation, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, house, mob, multinational, organization, outfit, partnership, ring, megacorp |
| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inflexible |
| Synonyms: | close, compact, concentrated, concrete, condensed, dense, hard, hardened, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, refractory, rigid, set, solid, stiff, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough, unyielding, close-grained, compressed, congealed, fine-grained, jelled, nonporous, solidified |
| Antonyms: | flexible, loose, slack, soft, supple, weak, yielding |
| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stable, unmoving |
| Synonyms: | closed, durable, embedded, fast, fastened, fixed, immobile, immovable, motionless, mounted, petrified, robust, rooted, secure, set, settled, solid, sound, spiked, stationary, steady, strong, sturdy, substantial, taut, tenacious, tight, unshakable, anchored, bolted, braced, cemented, nailed, riveted, screwed, secured, soldered, tightened, unfluctuating, welded |
| Antonyms: | moving, unsettled, unstable, wavering |
| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unalterable, definite |
| Synonyms: | abiding, adamant, bent, bound, consistent, constant, determined, enduring, established, exact, explicit, fixed, flat, hang tough*, inflexible, intent, obdurate, persevering, persistent, prevailing, resolute, set, settled, specific, stable, stand pat*, stated, staunch, steadfast, steady, strict, strong, sure, tenacious, true, unbending, unchangeable, unflinching, unqualified, unshakable, unshaken, unwavering, unyielding, dead set on, going, never-failing, resolved, stipulated, undeviating |
| Antonyms: | changeable, indefinite, irresolute, alterable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | able-bodied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically strong and capable |
| Synonyms: | firm, fit, hale, hardy, healthy, hearty, lusty, powerful, robust, staunch, stout, strapping*, sturdy, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | delicate, infirm, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assertive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive |
| Synonyms: | absolute, assured, certain, confident, decided, decisive, demanding, dogmatic, domineering, emphatic, firm, forceful, forward, insistent, militant, overbearing, positive, pushy, self-assured, self-confident, strong-willed, sure |
| Antonyms: | diffident, quiet, shy, unconfident |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obligated; destined |
| Synonyms: | bent, certain, doomed, driven, fated, firm, forced, indentured, intent, made, obligated, obliged, pledged, pressed, required, restrained, sure, urged, apprenticed, articled, bounden, coerced, compelled, constrained, contracted, duty-bound, enslaved, having no alternative, impelled, necessitated, under compulsion, under necessity |
| Antonyms: | free, permitted, unrestricted, allowed, unbounded, unobliged |
| Main Entry: | brave |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, audacious, chivalrous, confident, courageous, daring, dashing, dauntless, defiant, doughty, fearless, firm, foolhardy, forward, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, hardy, heroic, imprudent, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, militant, nervy, plucky, reckless, resolute, spirited, spunky, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, strong, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, chin-up, herolike, unabashed, unblenching, undauntable, undismayed, unfearful |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cautious, fearful, frightened, humble, meek, reticent, retiring, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | carved in stone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed |
| Synonyms: | established, firm, immutable, permanent, unchangeable, etched in stone, set in concrete, set in stone |
| Main Entry: | conservative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo |
| Synonyms: | bourgeois, constant, conventional, die-hard, fearful, firm, fuddy-duddy*, guarded, hard hat, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road*, obstinate, old guard*, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, redneck*, right, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, unchangeable, unchanging, unimaginative, Tory, controlled, fogyish, hidebound, holding to, in a rut, not extreme, old line, right of center, traditionalistic, uncreative, undaring, unprogressive, white bread |
| Antonyms: | exaggerated, incautious, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite |
| Synonyms: | absolute, assured, bent, certain, conclusive, crisp, critical, crucial, decided, definitive, determined, fateful, final, firm, flat out*, forceful, imperative, imperious, incisive, influential, intent, litmus test*, momentous, peremptory, positive, resolute, set, settled, significant, trenchant, all out, resolved, straight out, strong-minded |
| Notes: | decided means recognizable, marked, unmistakable or definite, while decisive means having the power to determine an outcome or being conclusive |
| Antonyms: | indecisive, indefinite, procrastinating, unpositive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | driven, persistent |
| Synonyms: | bent, bent on, constant, decided, decisive, dogged, earnest, firm, fixed, intent, mean business*, obstinate, pat, persevering, purposeful, resolute, serious, set, settled, single-minded, solid, steadfast, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unflinching, unwavering, buckled down, hard-as-nails, hardboiled, on ice, resolved, set on, strong-minded, unhesitating |
| Antonyms: | flexible, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dictatorial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tyrannical, authoritarian |
| Synonyms: | absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, bossy, clamorous, despotic, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, egotistic, firm, haughty, imperative, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, proud, stern, totalitarian, unlimited, unrestricted, crack-the-whip, dictative, iron-handed, throwing weight around |
| Antonyms: | democratic, docile, passive |
| Main Entry: | die-hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncompromising |
| Synonyms: | conservative, convinced, dyed-in-the-wool*, extremist, firm, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, orthodox, reactionary, right, Philistine, Tory, fogyish, old-line, standpat, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unreconstructed |
| Antonyms: | flexible, compromising, conceding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dogged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determined, persistent |
| Synonyms: | adamant, bullheaded*, firm, hard-nosed, hardheaded*, indefatigable, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded*, relentless, resolute, rigid, single-minded, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, unflagging, unshakable, unyielding, hanging tough, perseverant, perseverative, tough nut |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, irresolute, undetermined, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | durable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sturdy, long-lasting |
| Synonyms: | abiding, constant, dependable, enduring, fast, firm, fixed, impervious, lasting, permanent, persistent, reliable, resistant, sound, stable, stout, strong, substantial, tenacious, tough, diuturnal, long-continued, perdurable, perduring |
| Antonyms: | fragile, impermanent, temporary, undependable, weak, poorly made, unsturdy |
| Main Entry: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
| Synonyms: | big shot*, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, juice*, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket*, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, superintendent, supervisor, CEO, CO, head honcho, kingpin, slavedriver, workers big cheese |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | erect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straight up |
| Synonyms: | elevated, firm, perpendicular, raised, rigid, standing, stiff, upright, upstanding, vertical, arrect, cocked, erectile |
| Antonyms: | prone, prostrate |
| Main Entry: | factory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manufacturing plant |
| Synonyms: | branch, cooperative, firm, forge, foundry, industry, laboratory, mill, mint, shop, warehouse, works, workshop, machine shop, manufactory, salt mines, sweatshop, workroom |
| Main Entry: | flinty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stern |
| Synonyms: | cruel, firm, hard, inflexible, rigid, stony, unsympathetic, unyielding, steely |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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