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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, dimensional |
| Synonyms: | brick wall, close, compact, compacted, concentrated, concrete, consolidated, dense, firm, fixed, heavy, hefty, hulk, hunk, husky, massed, material, physical, rock, rocklike, rooted, secure, set, sound, stable, strong, sturdy, substantial, thick, tight, unshakable |
| Antonyms: | fluid, gaseous, insubstantial, liquid, soft, vaporous |
| Main Entry: | stop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end, halt; impediment |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blank wall, block, blockade, break, break off, brick wall, cease, cessation, check, close, closing, conclusion, control, cutoff, desistance, discontinuation, ending, fence, finish, freeze*, grinding halt, hindrance, layoff, letup, lull, pause, plug, roadblock, screeching halt, standstill, stay, stoppage, termination, wall |
| Antonyms: | beginning, continuation, go, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conformist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in agreement |
| Synonyms: | Babbit, bourgeois, brick in a wall, conventionalist, emulator, follower, one of the herd, rubber stamp, sheep, traditionalist, yes man |
| Main Entry: | stable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, fixed; resistant |
| Synonyms: | abiding, anchored, balanced, brick-wall, calm, deep-rooted, durable, enduring, equable, established, even, fast, firm, immutable, invariable, lasting, nailed, perdurable, permanent, poised, reliable, resolute, safe, secure, set, set in stone, solid, solid as a rock, sound, stabile, stalwart, stationary, staunch, staying put, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, together, tough, unalterable, unchangeable, unfluctuating, uniform, unvarying, unwavering, well-built, well-founded |
| Antonyms: | inconstant, shaky, unfixed, unstable, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | stalwart |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, valiant |
| Synonyms: | athletic, bold, bound, bound and determined, brave, brawny, brick-wall, courageous, daring, dauntless, dead set on, dependable, fearless, forceful, gutsy, hanging tough, hefty, husky, indomitable, intrepid, lusty, muscular, nervy, powerhouse, redoubtable, robust, rugged, sinewy, solid, spunky*, staunch, steamroller, stout, stouthearted, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valorous, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, meek, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | steady |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stable, fixed |
| Synonyms: | abiding, brick-wall, certain, changeless, constant, durable, enduring, equable, even, firm, immovable, never-failing, patterned, regular, reliable, safe, set, set in stone, solid, solid as a rock, stabile, steadfast, steady-going, substantial, sure, unchangeable, unchanging, unfaltering, unfluctuating, uniform, unqualified, unquestioning, unshaken, unvarying, unwavering |
| Antonyms: | unfixed, unstable, unsteady, weak, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | stringent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rigid, tight |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, binding, brick-wall, by the book, by the numbers, compelling, confining, convincing, dead set on, demanding, draconian, drawing, dyed-in-the-wool, exacting, forceful, hard, hard-nosed, harsh, inflexible, iron-fisted, ironclad, picky, poignant, powerful, rigorous, rough, set, severe, stiff, strict, tough, unpermissive, valid |
| Notes: | stringent often means simply 'strict, strictly regulated' and also 'tight or constricted' and emphasizes the narrowness of what is permitted, while strict emphasizes the sternness with which something is enforced |
| Antonyms: | flexible, inexact, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | uncompromising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | brick-wall, decided, determined, firm, hard-core, hard-line, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, locked, obdurate, obstinate, pigheaded, relentless, resolute, rigid, set in stone, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, strict, strong, tough, unbending |
| Antonyms: | compromising, cooperative, flexible, open, willing |
| Main Entry: | unrelenting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | merciless |
| Synonyms: | bound, bound and determined, brick-wall, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, cruel, dead set on, endless, grim, hanging tough, hard-headed, implacable, incessant, inexorable, intransigent, iron-fisted, mortal, perpetual, persistent, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, rigid, ruthless, set, steady, stern, stiff, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough, unabated, unbending, unbroken, unflinching, unremitting, unsparing, unwavering, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, flexible, merciful, relenting, sympathetic |
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