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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secured |
| Synonyms: | cinched, closed, fastened, padlocked, sealed, tight |
| Main Entry: | closed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shut, out of service |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, dark, fastened, folded, gone fishing, locked, not open, out of business, out of order, padlocked, sealed, shut down |
| Antonyms: | in business, open, running, working |
| Main Entry: | fixed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | permanent, steady |
| Synonyms: | anchored, attached, established, fast, firm, hitched, hooked, immobile, immotile, immovable, located, locked, made fast, nailed, quiet, rigid, rooted, secure, set, settled, situated, solid, stable, steadfast, stiff, still, tenacious, tight |
| Antonyms: | changeable, impermanent, unfixed, unsteady |
| Main Entry: | secure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fastened, stable |
| Synonyms: | adjusted, anchored, bound, buttoned down, fast, firm, fixed, fortified, immovable, iron, locked, nailed, safe and sound, set, solid, solid as a rock, sound, staunch, steady, strong, sure, tenacious, tight |
| Antonyms: | loose, moving, unfastened, unfixed, unsecure, unstable |
| Main Entry: | tight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sealed |
| Synonyms: | airtight, blind, blocked, bolted, choking, clumped, cramping, crushing, cutting, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, hermetic, hermetically sealed, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, locked, nailed, obstructed, padlocked, pinching, plugged, proof, secure, short, shrunken, shut, skintight, slammed, smothering, snapped, sound, stopped up, tied, tied up, uncomfortable, watertight |
| Notes: | the choice of 'tight' or 'tightly' depends on whether it is the result or the application that is emphasized; if it is an enduring state, you would use 'tight' |
| Antonyms: | loose, open, unsealed, wide |
| 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: | intractable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bull-headed, cantankerous, contrary, fractious, hang tough, hard-line, headstrong, immovable, incompliant, incurable, indocile, indomitable, insoluble, intransigent, locked, locked in, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pig-headed, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, tenacious, tough, tough nut, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpliable, unruly, unyielding, wayward, wild, willful |
| Notes: | intractable means stubborn or obstinate; intransigent is this, but implies being more intense and refusing to compromise or change |
| Antonyms: | manageable |
| Main Entry: | unmovable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed |
| Synonyms: | anchored, attached, established, fast, firm, hitched, hooked, immobile, immotile, immovable, located, locked, made fast, nailed, quiet, rigid, rooted, secure, set, settled, situated, solid*, stable, stationary, steadfast, steady, stiff, still, tenacious, tight*, unmoving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make certain |
| Synonyms: | cinch, clinch, complete, confirm, ensure, guarantee, have a lock on, ice*, insure, lock, lock on, lock up, make sure, nail down, put on ice, seal, secure, set |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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