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aground, anchored, astatic, at anchor, balanced, confirmed, constant, deep, established, fadeless, fast, firm, firm as a rock, firmly established, firmly seated, fixed, high and dry, immovable, immutable, imperishable, incommutable, incontrovertible, indeciduous, indeclinable, indefeasible, indelible, indestructible, indissoluble, indissolvable, ineradicable, inextinguishable, insusceptible, intransmutable, invariable, inveterate, irreducible, irremovable, irresoluble, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, moored, obstinate, on a rock, perennial, permanent, reverseless, riveted, rooted, settled, stable, steadfast, steady, stereotyped, stranded, stuck fast, tethered, transfixed, unalterable, unaltered, unchangeable, undeviating, undying, unmitigated, unsusceptible of change, valid, vested
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| Main Entry: | hardness |
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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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| Main Entry: | solidity |
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close, coherent, cohesive, compact, concrete, constipated, crystalline, crystallizable, dense, gnarled, grumous, heavy, impermeable, imporous, incompressible, indiscerptible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indivisible, infrangible, infusible, insoluble, knotted, knotty, lumpish, massive, serried, solid, solidified, stuffy, substantial, thick, thickset, undissolved, unliquefied, unmelted, unthawed
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| Concept: | [Uninterrupted sequence] Continuity. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
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continuity; consecution, consecutiveness; succession, round, suite, progression, series, train, chain; catenation, concatenation; scale; gradation, course; ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent., procession, column; retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array., pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race; ancestry, descent, family, house; line, line of ancestors; strain., rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team; suit; colonnade.
-verbs
follow in a series, form a series; fall in., arrange in a series, collate; string together, file, thread, graduate, organize, sort, tabulate.
-adjectives
continuous, continued; consecutive; progressive, gradual; serial, successive; immediate, unbroken, entire; linear; in a line, in a row; uninterrupted, unintermitting; unremitting; perennial, evergreen; constant.
-adverbs
continuously; seriatim; in a line; in succession, in turn; running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch; in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file.
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| Antonyms: | discontinuity |
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| Concept: | Stability. |
| Category: | 2. COMPLEX CHANGE |
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stability; immutability; unchangeableness; constancy; stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb., establishment, fixture; rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots., permanence; obstinacy.
-verbs
be firm; stick fast; stand firm, keep firm, remain firm; weather the storm, stay the course, stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle under., settle, establish, stablish, ascertain, fix, set, stabilitate; retain, keep hold; make good, make sure; fasten (join); set on its legs, float; perpetuate., settle down; strike roots, put down roots, take root; take up one's abode [more]; build one's house on a rock.
-adjectives
unchangeable, immutable; unaltered, unalterable; not to be changed, constant; permanent; invariable, undeviating; stable, durable; perennial (diuturnal)., fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed, valid; fiducial; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted; settled, established; vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable., tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock; firmly seated, firmly established; deep-rooted, ineradicable; inveterate; obstinate., transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded., indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable, incommutable, irresoluble, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, inextinguishable, irreducible; indissoluble, indissolvable; indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous; insusceptible, insusceptible of change.
-phrases
littera scripta manet ["The written letter remains" (Latin)].
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| Antonyms: | changeableness |
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| Concept: | [Degree of power] Strength. |
| Category: | 2. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT |
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strength; power; energy; vigor, force; main force, physical force, brute force; spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity., stoutness; lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique; pith, pithiness; virility, vitality., athletics, athleticism; gymnastics, feats of strength., adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak; iron grip; grit, bone., athlete, gymnast, acrobat; superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath; tower of strength; giant refreshed., strengthening; invigoration, refreshment, refocillation., [Science of forces] dynamics, statics.
-verbs
be strong, be stronger; overmatch., render strong; give strength; strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird; screw up, wind up, set up; gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins; recruit, set on one's legs; vivify; refresh; refect; reenforce (restore).
-adjectives
strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid., resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable; incontestable; more than a match for; overpowering, overwhelming; all powerful, all sufficient; sovereign., able-bodied; athletic; Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean; muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic.
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strongly; by force; by main force (by compulsion).
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"our withers are unwrung" [Hamlet].
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| Antonyms: | weakness |
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| Concept: | [Absence of change.] Permanence. |
| Category: | 1. SIMPLE CHANGE |
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stability; quiescence; obstinacy., permanence, persistence, endurance; durability; standing, status quo; maintenance, preservation, conservation; conservation; law of the Medes and Persians; standing dish.
-verbs
let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet [copy editing]; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.
-adjectives
undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed; conservative, qualis ab incepto; prescriptive (old); stationary.
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in statu quo; for good, finally; at a stand, at a standstill; uti possidetis; without a shadow of turning.
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esto perpetua ["Let (it) be perpetual" (Latin)]; nolumus leges Angliae mutari ["We do not wish the laws of England to be changed" (Latin)]; j'y suis et j'y reste ["I am here and here I remain" (French)].
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| Antonyms: | change |
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| Concept: | Hardness. |
| Category: | 1. Solid Matter |
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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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