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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stability |
| Synonyms: | adherence, aplomb, assurance, backbone*, balance, cohesion, constancy, dependability, determination, durability, endurance, establishment, fastness, firmness, immobility, immovability, maturity, permanence, perseverance, resoluteness, security, solidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
adamantean, adamantine, bony, cartilaginous, concrete, corneous, file, glyptic, granitic, gritty, hard, hard as stone, horny, indurate, indurated, inflexible, insecable, osseous, ossific, proof, rigescent, rigid, starch, starched, stark, stiff, stiff as a poker, stiff as buckram, stony, stubborn, tense, tentiginous, unbending, unlimber, unyielding, vitreous
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| Concept: | Hardness. |
| Category: | 1. Solid Matter |
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-nouns
hardness; rigidity; renitence, renitency; inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity, induration, petrifaction; lapidification, lapidescence; vitrification, ossification; crystallization., stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant; bone, cartilage; hardware; heart of oak, block, board, deal board; iron, steel; cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron; nail; brick, concrete; cement.
-verbs
render hard; harden, stiffen, indurate, petrify, temper, ossify, vitrify; accrust.
-adjectives
hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm; starch, starched; stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding; inflexible, tense; indurate, indurated; gritty, proof., adamant, adamantine, adamantean; concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic, vitreous; horny, corneous; bony; osseous, ossific; cartilaginous; hard as a rock; stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker.
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| Antonyms: | softness |
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| Main Entry: | austerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, asperity, astringence, coldness, exactingness, exactness, formality, formalness, gravity, grimness, hardness, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, obduracy, rigidity, rigor, seriousness, solemnity, sternness, stiffness, strictness, stringency |
| Antonyms: | blandness, calmness, gentility, meekness, mildness |
| Main Entry: | consistency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thickness |
| Synonyms: | bendability, bendableness, compactness, density, elasticity, fabric, firmness, flexibility, frangibility, hardness, limberness, moldability, organization, plasticity, pliability, softness, solidity, suppleness, texture, viscidity, viscosity, viscousness |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stiffness |
| Synonyms: | compactness, density, durability, fixedness, hardness, impenetrability, impermeability, imperviousness, impliability, inelasticity, inflexibility, resistance, rigidity, solidity, temper, tensile strength, toughness |
| Antonyms: | flexibility, softness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | oppression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misery, hardship |
| Synonyms: | abuse, abusiveness, autocracy, brutality, calamity, coercion, compulsion, conquering, control, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, domination, fascism, force, forcibleness, hardness, harshness, injury, injustice, iron hand, maltreatment, martial law, overthrowing, persecution, severity, subduing, subjection, suffering, torment, tyrrany |
| Antonyms: | cheer, delight, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | rigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strictness, exactness |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, affliction, asperity, austerity, conscientiousness, conventionalism, difficulty, exactitude, firmness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, intolerance, meticulousness, obduracy, ordeal, preciseness, precision, privation, punctiliousness, rigidity, roughness, severity, sternness, stiffness, stringency, suffering, tenacity, thoroughness, traditionalism, trial, tribulation, vicissitude, visitation |
| Antonyms: | ease, elasticity, flexibility, leniency, pliability |
| Main Entry: | tolerance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fortitude, grit |
| Synonyms: | endurance, guts*, hardiness, hardness, opposition, patience, resilience, resistance, stamina, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, strength, sufferance, toughness, vigor |
| Antonyms: | intolerance, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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