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Definition of Firmness
1. Noun. The muscle tone of healthy tissue. "His muscular firmness"
Generic synonyms: Strength
Derivative terms: Firm, Sound
Antonyms: Unsoundness
2. Noun. The trait of being resolute. "It was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
Generic synonyms: Trait
Specialized synonyms: Possession, Self-command, Self-control, Self-possession, Self-will, Will Power, Willpower, Steadiness, Sturdiness, Stiffness, Bullheadedness, Obstinacy, Obstinance, Pigheadedness, Self-will, Stubbornness, Single-mindedness, Adamance, Obduracy, Unyieldingness, Decision, Decisiveness, Determination, Purpose, Steadfastness
Derivative terms: Firm, Firm, Resolute, Resolute
Antonyms: Irresoluteness
3. Noun. The property of being unyielding to the touch.
4. Noun. The quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place.
Generic synonyms: Immovability, Immovableness
Specialized synonyms: Granite, Sureness, Stability, Stableness
Derivative terms: Firm, Firm, Steady
Antonyms: Unsteadiness
Definition of Firmness
1. n. The state or quality of being firm.
Definition of Firmness
1. Noun. The state of being firm; strength; permanence; stability; hardness; resolution. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Firmness
1. the state of being firm [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firmness
Literary usage of Firmness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"firmness. firmness comes from firm, and has a different signification from solidity
and hardness; a squeezed cloth, a beaten negro, have firmness without ..."
2. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1892)
"This has relation to two objects : to the personal firmness of the executive
magistrate, in the employment of his constitutional powers; ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"!The threat must be sufficient in severity or apprehension to overcome the mind
and will of a person of ordinary firmness. United States v. ..."
4. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"I hope that in all that relates to personal firmness—all that concerns a just
... Apprehensions of the imputation of the want of firmness sometimes impel us ..."
5. Lectures on Phrenology by George Combe, Andrew Boardman (1839)
"In this head of Mrs. H. Conscientiousness is large and firmness very deficient.
In Haggart you see Conscientiousness very de-.. ficient and firmness very ..."
6. A New System of Phrenology by John Shertzer Hittell (1857)
"firmness. XXII. firmness occupies a space about two inches square on the peak
... It gives firmness of purpose, power of resisting the impulses of passion, ..."
7. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1888)
"This has relation to two objects: to the personal firmness of the executive
magistrate, in the employment of his constitutional powers; and to the stability ..."
8. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1881)
"Alexander ascended his tribunal, and with a modest firmness represented to the
armed multitude the absolute necessity, as well as his inflexible resolution, ..."
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