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steadfast
adjective
1 steadfast
Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable:
— Steadfast resolve.
synonyms: firm, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering.
Roget 150:
unchangeable,
immutable;
unaltered,
unalterable;
not to be changed,
constant;
permanent
etc.
141;
invariable,
undeviating;
stable,
durable;
perennial
etc.
(diuturnal)
110†.
fixed,
steadfast,
firm,
fast,
steady,
balanced;
confirmed,
valid;
fiducial†;
immovable,
irremovable,
riveted,
rooted;
settled,
established
etc.
v.;
vested;
incontrovertible,
stereotyped,
indeclinable.
tethered,
anchored,
moored,
at anchor,
on a rock,
rock solid,
firm as a rock;
firmly seated,
firmly established
etc.
v.;
deep-rooted,
ineradicable;
inveterate;
obstinate
etc.
606.
transfixed,
stuck fast,
aground,
high and dry,
stranded.
[movable object rendered unmovable]
stuck,
jammed;
unremovable;
quiescent
etc.
265;
deterioration
etc.
659.
indefeasible,
irretrievable,
intransmutable†,
incommutable†,
irresoluble†,
irrevocable,
irreversible,
reverseless†,
inextinguishable,
irreducible;
indissoluble,
indissolvable†;
indestructible,
undying,
imperishable,
incorruptible,
indelible,
indeciduous†;
insusceptible,
insusceptible of change.
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Roget 457:
attentive,
mindful,
observant,
regardful;
alive to,
awake to;
observing
etc.
v.;
alert,
open-eyed;
intent on,
taken up with,
occupied with,
engaged in;
engrossed in,
wrapped in,
absorbed,
rapt,
transfixed,
riveted,
mesmerized,
hypnotized;
glued to
(the TV, the window, a book);
breathless;
preoccupied
etc.
(inattentive)
458;
watchful
etc.
(careful)
459;
breathless,
undistracted,
upon the stretch;
on the watch
etc.
(expectant)
507.
steadfast.
[compelling attention]
interesting,
engrossing,
mesmerizing,
riveting.
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Roget 604a:
persevering,
constant;
steady,
steadfast;
undeviating,
unwavering,
unfaltering,
unswerving,
unflinching,
unsleeping†,
unflagging,
undrooping†;
steady as time;
unrelenting,
unintermitting†,
unremitting;
plodding;
industrious
etc.
682;
strenuous
etc.
686;
pertinacious;
persisting,
persistent.
solid,
sturdy,
staunch,
stanch,
true to oneself;
unchangeable
etc.
150;
unconquerable
etc.
(strong)
159;
indomitable,
game to the last,
indefatigable,
untiring,
unwearied,
never tiring.
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Polish: niezachwiany, niewzruszony, niezłomny, nieugięty
2 steadfast
Firm and dependable especially in loyalty:
— A steadfast ally.
synonyms: staunch, unswerving.
Moby thesaurus: abiding, accordant, adamant, age-long, aged, alike, ancient, antique, ardent, assiduous, automatic, balanced, calculable, changeless, chronic, committed, consistent, consonant, constant, continuing, continuous, cool, correspondent, dedicated, deep-rooted, dependable, determined, devoted, diligent, diuturnal, dogged, durable, enduring, equable, equal, even, evergreen, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fiducial, firm, firm as Gibraltar, fixed, flat, flinty, frozen, hardy, homogeneous, immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, imperturbable, in equilibrium, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intact, intransient, invariable, inveterate, invincible, inviolate, irremovable, lasting, level, liege, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, loyal, macrobiotic, marble-constant, measured, mechanical, methodic, monolithic, never-failing, never-tiring, obdurate, obstinate, of a piece, of long duration, of long standing, ordered, orderly, patient, patient as Job, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, predictable, preoccupied, quiescent, rapt, regular, relentless, reliable, remaining, resolute, resolved, rigid, robotlike, secure, sedulous, sempervirent, set, settled, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, smooth, solid, sot, sound, stable, static, stationary, staunch, staying, steady, steely, stubborn, substantial, sure, surefire, sustained, systematic, tenacious, tested, tireless, torpid, tough, tried, tried and true, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, unabating, unaltered, unbending, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, unconquerable, undaunted, undeflectable, undestroyed, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiscouraged, undiversified, undrooping, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflappable, unflinching, uniform, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unmovable, unnodding, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unruffled, unshakable, unshaken, unshifting, unsleeping, unswerving, untiring, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vital, weariless, well-balanced, well-founded, well-grounded, wholehearted, without nerves ... show more.
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