Synonyms for firmness
firm·ness

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1. firmnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   constancy, continuance, fixedness, fixity, identity, invariability, permanence, persistence, steadiness, unchangeableness, uniformity

   Antonyms:
   alteration, change, change, conversion, diversity, innovation, mutation, novelty, regeneration, renewal, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitude

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1. firmness, soundnessnoun

   the muscle tone of healthy tissue

   "his muscular firmness"

   Synonyms:
   wiseness, steadiness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution, wisdom, soundness, resoluteness

2. resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolutionnoun

   the trait of being resolute

   "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"

   Synonyms:
   steadiness, firmness of purpose, resolving power, solving, resolving, resolution, resoluteness, result, solvent, resolve, soundness, declaration, answer, settlement, closure, solution

3. firmnessnoun

   the property of being unyielding to the touch

   Synonyms:
   resolve, resoluteness, soundness, resolution, firmness of purpose, steadiness

4. steadiness, firmnessnoun

   the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place

   Synonyms:
   resolve, resoluteness, soundness, resolution, firmness of purpose, steadiness

Matched Categories

1. • Hardness
   • Immovability
   • Strength

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. firmnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   solidity, compactness, hardness

2. firmnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   stability, strength

3. firmnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   constancy, steadfastness, steadiness

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1. List of paraphrases for "firmness":

   steadfastness, decisiveness, determination, firm, rigour, tenacity, strength, vigour, firmly, resolve, strictness, resoluteness

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How to use firmness in a sentence?

1. Philip Dormer Chesterfield:

   Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.

2. Marie Antoinette:

   It is to you, my sister, that I write for the last time. I have just been condemned, not to a shameful death, for such is only for criminals, but to go and rejoin your brother. Innocent like him, I hope to show the same firmness in my last moments.

3. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference. (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School)

4. Charles Caleb Colton:

   Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

5. Charles Caleb Colton:

   Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.