English word
Firm
Definitions
adjective
- securely or solidly fixed in place
- not weak or uncertain : vigorous
- having a solid or compact structure that resists stress or pressure
- not subject to change or revision
- not subject to price weakness : steady
- not easily moved or disturbed : steadfast
- well-founded
- indicating firmness or resolution
Synonyms for firm
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Synonyms by context
Having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure
adjective
A business concern, especially one involving a partnership of two or more people
noun
- business
- company
- concern
- enterprise
- house
- establishment
- organisation
- organization
- outfit
- conglomerate
A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine
noun
- factory
- works
- plant
- workshop
- shop
- mill
- workroom
- foundry
- manufactory
- yard
To make compact or resistant to pressure
verb
- solidify
- compact
- harden
- stiffen
- compress
- firm up
- congeal
- clot
- jell
To fix or settle at a given amount, level or degree
verb
- stabilize
- fix
- maintain
- preserve
- sustain
- freeze
- plateau
- settle
Antonyms for firm
- loose
- insecure
- squashy
- squishy
- malleable
- supple
- flexile
- spongy
Opposite of having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure
- soft
- squashy
- squishy
- supple
- flexible
- pliable
- pliant
- flexile
- tractable
- yielding
Opposite of firmly or solidly built
- unstable
- insecure
- unsteady
- shaky
- unsound
- weak
- infirm
- unfixed
- unsettled
- tottering
Opposite of immovable, or fixed in place
- loose
- unsecured
- unfastened
- movable
- adjustable
- adaptable
- shiftable
- liftable
Opposite of to make compact or resistant to pressure
- soften
- weaken
- reduce
- unstiffen
- diminish
- decrease
- moderate
- lessen
- assuage
- make softer
Opposite of to make or become hard, firm or solid
- liquefy
- liquify
Opposite of a large company or group of companies authorized to act as a single entity
- unemployment
Opposite of the name or trademark of a fashion company
- generic brand
- private brand
- store brand
- own brand
- private label
- private label brand
Opposite of a business organization, public institution, or household
- disorganisation
- disorganization
- proletariat
Phrases
- as hard as a rock
- as hard as iron
- as hard as stone
- brick wall
- closely packed
- closely set
- jammed together
- like a rock
- packed close
- packed in
- packed like sardines
- packed together
- pressed together
- really hard
- set in stone
- stiff as a board
- stretched tight
- tightly packed
- very hard