Synonyms for firm
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1. firm

   A person is faithful who will keep faith, whether with or without power to aid or serve; a person or thing is trusty that possesses such qualities as to justify the fullest confidence and dependence. We may speak of a faithful but feeble friend; we say a trusty agent, a trusty steed, a trusty sword.

   Synonyms:
   devoted, faithful, incorruptible, loyal, stanch, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, unwavering

   Antonyms:
   capricious, faithless, false, fickle, unfaithful, untrue, untrustworthy, wavering

   Preposition:
   Faithful in service; to duty; to comrade or commander; faithful among the faithless.

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1. firm

   Synonyms:
   fast, secure, strong, steadfast, solid, stable, established, rooted, immovable, robust, unshaken, sturdy, resolute, determined, fixed, decided, attached

   Antonyms:
   loose, insecure, weak, illrooted, tottering, vacillating, irresolute, ductile, exorable, indulgent, disaffected, wavering, unreliable

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1. firm, house, business firmadjective

   the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

   "he worked for a brokerage house"

   Synonyms:
   menage, family, house, sign, theatre, household, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, mansion, theater, business firm, home, star sign

   Antonyms:
   unsteady, unfixed, unforceful, insecure, soft, unstable, unsettled, unhealthy, irresolute, unfaithful, forceless, unsafe

2. firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwaveringadjective

   marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

   "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"

   Synonyms:
   staunch, stiff, slopped, pissed, steadfast, blind drunk, unfaltering, besotted, solid, buckram, blotto, pixilated, cockeyed, truehearted, fast(a), potent, unswerving, fast, fuddled, tight, soused, bulletproof, unassailable, immobile, watertight, level, loyal, sozzled, unfluctuating, squiffy, unbendable, unshakable, soaked, unwavering, crocked, rigid, plastered, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, strong, starchy, loaded, wet, regular, steady

   Antonyms:
   unhealthy, soft, unsettled, unsafe, forceless, unstable, unsteady, unforceful, irresolute, insecure, unfixed, unfaithful

3. firm, solidadjective

   not soft or yielding to pressure

   "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground"

   Synonyms:
   self-colored, whole, loyal, unanimous, self-coloured, upstanding, fast(a), substantial, stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, hearty, truehearted, satisfying, unbendable, steadfast, solid, unwavering, steady, immobile, square, strong

   Antonyms:
   insecure, unsafe, unsettled, unfaithful, forceless, irresolute, unhealthy, soft, unfixed, unstable, unsteady, unforceful

4. firm, strongadjective

   strong and sure

   "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"

   Synonyms:
   loyal, potent, inviolable, fast(a), substantial, stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, truehearted, warm, hard, unbendable, steadfast, solid, unattackable, unwavering, unassailable, steady, immobile, strong, impregnable, secure

   Antonyms:
   unsteady, unforceful, unstable, unsafe, unfaithful, forceless, unfixed, insecure, irresolute, unsettled, soft, unhealthy

5. firmadjective

   not subject to revision or change

   "a firm contract"; "a firm offer"

   Synonyms:
   solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobile

   Antonyms:
   soft, unhealthy, unsafe, unsettled, unsteady, irresolute, unforceful, insecure, unstable, unfixed, forceless, unfaithful

6. firmadjective

   (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

   "his voice was firm and confident"; "a firm step"

   Synonyms:
   solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobile

   Antonyms:
   soft, unhealthy, unstable, unfixed, irresolute, insecure, unforceful, unsettled, unfaithful, forceless, unsteady, unsafe

7. firm, steady, unfluctuatingadjective

   not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

   "stocks are still firm"

   Synonyms:
   loyal, fast(a), stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, truehearted, unbendable, steadfast, solid, unwavering, regular, steady, immobile, strong

   Antonyms:
   insecure, unsettled, unforceful, soft, unsteady, forceless, unfaithful, irresolute, unsafe, unfixed, unhealthy, unstable

8. firmadjective

   securely established

   "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"

   Synonyms:
   solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobile

   Antonyms:
   unforceful, soft, forceless, insecure, irresolute, unsettled, unstable, unsafe, unfaithful, unsteady, unfixed, unhealthy

9. firmadjective

   possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

   "firm muscles"

   Synonyms:
   solid, fast(a), unbendable, truehearted, unshakable, stiff, unfaltering, steady, strong, unwavering, fast, unfluctuating, steadfast, loyal, immobile

   Antonyms:
   irresolute, unsteady, unstable, unsafe, insecure, unforceful, soft, unfixed, unfaithful, unhealthy, forceless, unsettled

10. fast, firm, immobileadjective

    securely fixed in place

    "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"

    Synonyms:
    loyal, flying, debauched, unfluctuating, riotous, stiff, unwavering, unshakable, fast, dissolute, libertine, truehearted, quick, unbendable, steadfast, degraded, solid, unfaltering, fast(a), steady, dissipated, immobile, degenerate, profligate, strong

    Antonyms:
    unforceful, unsafe, unsteady, insecure, unstable, unsettled, unfaithful, forceless, unhealthy, soft, unfixed, irresolute

11. firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)verb

    unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

    "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"

    Antonyms:
    unhealthy, unfaithful, unsafe, unfixed, soft, unforceful, unsettled, unsteady, irresolute, insecure, forceless, unstable

12. tauten, firmverb

    become taut or tauter

    "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"

    Synonyms:
    tauten

    Antonyms:
    unfaithful, unstable, unsteady, unsafe, forceless, irresolute, unhealthy, unforceful, unfixed, insecure, soft, unsettled

13. tauten, firmadverb

    make taut or tauter

    "tauten a rope"

    Synonyms:
    tauten

    Antonyms:
    irresolute, insecure, unstable, unsteady, forceless, unfaithful, unforceful, unsettled, unfixed, soft, unhealthy, unsafe

14. firm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringlyadverb

    with resolute determination

    "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm"

    Synonyms:
    unwaveringly, firmly, hard, securely, steadfastly

    Antonyms:
    unsettled, unsteady, insecure, forceless, unstable, unsafe, soft, unforceful, unfixed, irresolute, unfaithful, unhealthy

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1. firmadjective

   Synonyms:
   compact, compressed, solid, dense, hard, not soft, not fluid

2. firmadjective

   Synonyms:
   fixed, fast, rooted, established, settled, confirmed, stable, secure, immovable

3. firmadjective

   Synonyms:
   steady, steadfast, unshaken, resolute, stanch, constant

4. firmadjective

   Synonyms:
   strong, robust, sinewy, sturdy

5. firmnoun

   Synonyms:
   concern, house, company, partnership

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1. firmadjective

   Synonyms:
   fast, immovable, secure, compact, solid, dense, compressed, fixed, resolute, constant, unwavering, unshaken, steadfast, stanch, determined, invincible, inflexible, incompliant

   Antonyms:
   flaccid, soft, vacillating, irresolute, lax, yielding, facile, inconstant

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1. List of paraphrases for "firm":

   strong, company, solid, farm, resolute, undertaking, steadfast, enterprise, farms, business, robust, firmness, staunch, strict, decisive, cabinet, unwavering, corporation, shut, fermi, resolutely, determined, ferme, fixed, unswerving, firmly, tough, companies, stable, sound, vigorous, strongly, steady, society, signature, forceful, farmhouse, office, definite, 'entreprise, enterprises, stringent, close, venture

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1. Bernie Sanders:

   Instead of answering my questions or lowering the price of this drug, they've hired a lobbying firm, it is now clear that some patients are rationing their supply of Firdapse because they cannot afford to cover the outrageous cost of the drug, which they used to receive at no cost.

2. Senator Booker:

   Look, I have this firm belief that if America hasn't broken your heart, you don't love her enough, and living in Newark for the last 20 years, I mean, I've been broken, shattered, have moments where I wanted to give up. And a lot of them have just involved the deaths of the ones I remember most, the ones that still hurt me, that reflect on the deaths of young black men.

3. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   I think there's a third alternative, and that is standing firm, ratcheting up the pressure until you get a better deal.

4. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe:

   I'm glad that China has confirmed its strong willingness to soon firm up its commitment, made in January, to purchase Airbus jets.

5. Gurbir Grewal:

   In an era of diminished trust, we will, in appropriate circumstances, be requiring admissions in cases where heightened accountability and acceptance of responsibility are in the public interest, admissions, given their attention-getting nature, also serve as a clarion call to other market participants to stamp out and self-report the misconduct to the extent it is occurring in their firm.