adamant
Meaning of adamant
- refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.
he is adamant that he is not going to resign
noun
a legendary rock or mineral to which many properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone.
Old English (as a noun), from Old French adamaunt-, via Latin from Greek adamas, adamant-, ‘untameable, invincible’ (later used to denote the hardest metal or stone, hence diamond), from a- ‘not’ + daman ‘to tame’. The phrase to be adamant dates from the 1930s, although adjectival use had been implied in such collocations as ‘an adamant heart’ since the 16th century.
Information about adamant
- The plural form of adamant is: adamants.
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Hyphenation of adamant
adamant
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- adamant is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
adamant synonyms
Meaning adamantine:
adamantine, inexorable, intransigent
Meaning diamond:
Meaning unable to be disputed or questioned:
Meaning (of a person) not yielding to argument or pressure:
Meaning unwilling to change or compromise:
Meaning not wavering; steady or resolute:
Meaning harsh or relentless:
Meaning admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering:
Meaning firmly determined to do something:
Meaning possessing or displaying resolve:
Meaning showing resolute determination and strength of character:
Meaning not adaptable in outlook, belief, or response:
Meaning resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering:
Meaning not changing or becoming weaker; steady or constant:
Meaning having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so:
Meaning not yielding in strength, severity, or determination:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) unlikely to be swayed; resolute:
Meaning reserved, formal, or strict in one's behaviour or attitudes; austere and inflexible:
Meaning stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action:
Meaning resembling steel in colour, brightness, or strength:
Meaning harden:
adamant antonyms
Meaning not feeling, showing, or done with confidence and certainty:
Words that rhyme with adamant
mant, Diamant, adhamant, amant, clamant, conclamant, diamant, flamant, phenyladamant, unadamant, cremant, polysemant, animant, approximant, claimant, climant, counterclaimant, declaimant, disclaimant, preclaimant, proclaimant, reclaimant, sublimant, calmant, flammant, cephalomant, chiromant, geomant, pegvisomant, Normant, affirmant, antiformant, conformant, dormant, formant, informant, misinformant, nondormant, performant, semidormant, transformant, undormant, fumant, transhumant