FIRM
/fɜːm/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 10
Definition
- adverb with resolute determination.
— synonyms: firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly
- noun the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments.
— synonyms: house, business_firm
- verb become taut or tauter.
— synonyms: tauten
- verb make taut or tauter.
— synonyms: tauten
- adjective marked by firm determination or resolution.
— synonyms: steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering
- adjective not soft or yielding to pressure.
— synonyms: solid
- adjective strong and sure.
— synonyms: strong
- adjective not subject to revision or change.
- adjective (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling.
- adjective not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall.
— synonyms: steady, unfluctuating
- adjective securely established.
- adjective possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue.
- adjective securely fixed in place.
— synonyms: fast, immobile
- adjective unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause.
— synonyms: loyal, truehearted, fast(a)
Examples
- “It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.”
- “He was firm that selling his company would a good choice and didn't let anyone talk him out of it.”
- “firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood; firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)”
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