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firmness - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stiffness |
| Synonyms: | density, durability, resistance, temper, compactness, fixedness, hardness, impenetrability, impermeability, imperviousness, impliability, inelasticity, inflexibility, rigidity, solidity, tensile strength, toughness |
| Antonyms: | flexibility, softness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immovability |
| Synonyms: | durability, soundness, stability, strength, tension, solidity, steadiness, substantiality, tautness, tightness |
| Antonyms: | infirmity, instability, movability |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resolution, resolve |
| Synonyms: | constancy, decision, determination, obstinacy, strength, decidedness, fixedness, fixity, inflexibility, obduracy, purposefulness, purposiveness, staunchness, steadfastness, strictness |
| Antonyms: | uncertainty, indefiniteness |
| Main Entry: | constancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixedness |
| Synonyms: | adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, certainty, decision, determination, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, earnestness, endurance, faith, fealty, fidelity, firmness, honesty, honor, integrity, love, loyalty, permanence, perseverance, principle, regularity, resolution, stability, surety, tenacity, truthfulness, uniformity, zeal, abidingness, dependability, devotedness, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, trustiness, trustworthiness, unchangeableness, unfailingness |
| Antonyms: | change, fluctuation, instability, irregularity, changeableness, inconstancy, unsteadiness |
| Main Entry: | courage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, braveness |
| Synonyms: | élan, audacity, backbone, bravery, daring, dash, determination, endurance, enterprise, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, hardihood, heroism, mettle, nerve, pluck, power, prowess, rashness, recklessness, resolution, spirit, spunk, temerity, tenacity, valor, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, bravura, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gameness, intrepidity, lion-heartedness, pugnacity, stoutheartedness, venturesomeness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, meekness, timidity, weakness, faint-heartedness |
| Main Entry: | earnestness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determination; seriousness |
| Synonyms: | absorption, ardor, concentration, decision, deliberation, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervor, firmness, gravity, intensity, keenness, passion, perseverance, persistence, resolution, resolve, sincerity, sobriety, solemnity, stress, tenacity, urgency, vehemence, warmth, zeal, attentiveness, engrossment, intentness, purposefulness, serious-mindedness |
| Antonyms: | flippancy, insincerity, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | encouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, easement, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, optimism, promotion, refreshment, relief, reward, softening, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging, consoling, enlivening, inspiritment, invigoration, reassurance, reassuring, relieving, shot in the arm, solacing |
| Antonyms: | denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | fortitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of mind; guts |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, bravery, constancy, courage, determination, endurance, firmness, grit*, hardihood, heart, mettle, moxie, nerve, patience, perseverance, pith, pluck, resolution, spine*, spirit, spunk, stamina, starch, staying power, stomach, tenacity, valor, braveness, courageousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gutsiness, intrepidity, resoluteness, stick-to-itiveness, stoutheartedness, true grit, valiancy, valorousness, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, helplessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nerve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daring, boldness |
| Synonyms: | assumption, assurance, audacity, backbone, brass*, bravery, cheek*, chutzpah*, confidence, coolness, courage, crust*, determination, effrontery, endurance, energy, face*, firmness, force, fortitude, gall*, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart*, impertinence, impudence, insolence, intestinal fortitude, mettle, might, moxie*, pluck*, presumption, resolution, sauce*, spirit, spunk*, starch*, stomach*, temerity, vigor, will, brazenness, fearlessness, gameness, hardiness, intrepidity, steadfastness |
| Antonyms: | fear, modesty, shyness, timidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resolve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision, determination |
| Synonyms: | boldness, conclusion, courage, design, earnestness, firmness, intention, objective, project, purpose, resolution, undertaking, will, willpower, decidedness, fixed purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, resoluteness, steadfastness |
| Antonyms: | indecision, question, wavering |
| Main Entry: | rigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strictness, exactness |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, affliction, asperity, austerity, conscientiousness, difficulty, firmness, hardship, harshness, intolerance, ordeal, precision, privation, roughness, severity, stiffness, suffering, tenacity, trial, tribulation, vicissitude, visitation, conventionalism, exactitude, hardness, inclemency, inflexibility, meticulousness, obduracy, preciseness, punctiliousness, rigidity, sternness, stringency, thoroughness, traditionalism |
| Antonyms: | ease, elasticity, flexibility, leniency, pliability |
| Main Entry: | stability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resistance of some degree |
| Synonyms: | adherence, aplomb, assurance, backbone, balance, cohesion, constancy, determination, durability, endurance, establishment, firmness, maturity, permanence, perseverance, security, soundness, strength, support, dependability, immobility, immovability, resoluteness, solidity, solidness, stableness, steadfastness, steadiness, substantiality, toughness |
| Antonyms: | insecurity, instability, wavering, unsteadiness, variability |
| Main Entry: | tenacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | diligence, stubbornness |
| Synonyms: | application, backbone, chutzpah*, clock*, courage, determination, doggedness, firmness, grit, guts*, heart*, intestinal fortitude*, moxie*, nerve, obstinacy, perseverance, persistence, resolution, resolve, spunk, starch*, stomach*, gutsiness, guttiness, inflexibility, intransigence, obduracy, pertinacity, resoluteness, staunchness, steadfastness, stick-to-itiveness, strength of purpose, true grit, what it takes, willfulness |
| Antonyms: | indifference, weakness, irresolution, slackness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | valor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, courage, dash*, defiance, derring-do*, determination, fight, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart, heroism, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, nerve, pluck, prowess, resolution, spirit, spunk, starch*, stomach*, tenacity, fearlessness, indomitableness, intrepidity, invincibility, sand*, valiance, valiancy |
| Antonyms: | cowardice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | willpower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal determination |
| Synonyms: | discipline, drive, firmness, force, grit, resolution, resolve, self-control, self-restraint, strength, will, fixity, self-discipline, self-government, single-mindedness |
| Main Entry: | manhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maturity |
| Synonyms: | boldness, bravery, chivalry, courage, daring, determination, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, hardihood, honor, machismo, manliness, masculinity, mettle, nobility, potency, resolution, spirit, tenacity, valor, virility, adulthood, forcefulness, manfulness, resoluteness, self-reliance, sturdiness |
| 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, tenacity, will, willpower, steadfastness, toughness |
| Antonyms: | weakness, ineptness, powerlessness, spinelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | positive assurance |
| Synonyms: | belief, cinch, confidence, conviction, credence, faith, firmness, lock*, lockup*, setup, stock, store, sure thing*, surety, trust, validity, all sewn up, authoritativeness, certitude, definiteness, dogmatism, indubitableness, inevitability, open and shut case, positiveness, positivism, rain or shine, shoo-in, staunchness, steadiness, sure bet, surefire, sureness, 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, uncertainty, questionableness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in oneself |
| Synonyms: | aplomb, assurance, backbone, boldness, certainty, cool, courage, daring, dash, determination, firmness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart, impudence, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, poise, presumption, reliance, resolution, self-possession, spirit, spunk, tenacity, brashness, elan, faith in oneself, fearlessness, intrepidity, resoluteness, self-reliance, sureness |
| Antonyms: | uncertainty, unconfidence |
| Main Entry: | consistency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thickness |
| Synonyms: | density, elasticity, fabric, firmness, flexibility, organization, plasticity, softness, texture, viscosity, bendability, bendableness, compactness, frangibility, hardness, limberness, moldability, pliability, solidity, suppleness, viscidity, viscousness |
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