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steadiness
| Main Entry: |
steadiness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stability |
| Synonyms: | adherence, aplomb, assurance, backbone*, balance, cohesion, constancy, dependability, determination, durability, endurance, establishment, fastness, firmness, hardness, immobility, immovability, maturity, permanence, perseverance, resoluteness, security, solidity, solidness, soundness, stableness, steadfastness, strength, sturdiness, substantiality, support, sureness, toughness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consistency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | constancy, regularity |
| Synonyms: | accord, agreement, apposition, appropriateness, aptness, coherence, cohesion, compatibility, concord, concurrence, conformability, congruity, consonance, correspondence, evenness, fitness, harmony, homogeneity, invariability, likeness, proportion, similarity, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, suitability, symmetry, uniformity, union, unity |
| Antonyms: | erraticism, incongruity, inconsistency, inconstancy, irregularity, variation |
| Main Entry: | constancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixedness |
| Synonyms: | abidingness, adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, certainty, decision, dependability, determination, devotedness, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, earnestness, endurance, faith, fealty, fidelity, firmness, honesty, honor, integrity, love, loyalty, permanence, perseverance, principle, regularity, resolution, stability, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, surety, tenacity, trustiness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, unchangeableness, unfailingness, uniformity, zeal |
| Antonyms: | change, changeableness, fluctuation, inconstancy, instability, irregularity, unsteadiness |
| Main Entry: | dependence/dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence, reliance |
| Synonyms: | assurance, belief, credence, expectation, faith, hope, interdependence, responsibility, responsibleness, stability, steadiness, stock, trust, trustiness, trustworthiness |
| Antonyms: | freedom, independence, strength |
| Main Entry: | equanimity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | levelheadedness |
| Synonyms: | aplomb, assurance, ataraxia, ataraxy, calm, calmness, composure, confidence, cool, coolness, detachment, equability, imperturbability, patience, peace, phlegm, placidity, poise, presence of mind, sangfroid, self-possession, serenity, steadiness, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | agitation, alarm, anxiety, discomposure, excitableness, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | equilibrium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | balance; evenness |
| Synonyms: | calm, calmness, composure, cool, coolness, counterbalance, counterpoise, equanimity, equipoise, poise, polish, rest, serenity, stability, stasis, steadiness, steadying, symmetry |
| Antonyms: | imbalance, unevenness |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immovability |
| Synonyms: | durability, solidity, soundness, stability, steadiness, strength, substantiality, tautness, tension, tightness |
| Antonyms: | infirmity, instability, movability |
| Main Entry: | moderation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperance |
| Synonyms: | balance, calmness, composure, constraint, coolness, dispassionateness, equanimity, fairness, forbearance, golden mean, judiciousness, justice, justness, lenity, measure, mildness, moderateness, patience, poise, quiet, reasonableness, restraint, sedateness, sedation, sobriety, steadiness, toleration |
| Antonyms: | extreme, indulgence, intemperance, intensity, outrageousness, severity, unlimitedness, violence, wildness |
| Main Entry: | stability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resistance of some degree |
| Synonyms: | adherence, aplomb, assurance, backbone, balance, cohesion, constancy, dependability, determination, durability, endurance, establishment, firmness, immobility, immovability, maturity, permanence, perseverance, resoluteness, security, solidity, solidness, soundness, stableness, steadfastness, steadiness, strength, substantiality, support, toughness |
| Antonyms: | insecurity, instability, unsteadiness, variability, wavering |
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