adamant
[adjective]
Synonyms: determined, firm, fixed, obdurate, resolute, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising

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Antonyms: yielding
Contrasted words: placable, relenting, submitting, complaisant, obliging, subdued, submissive
Related Words: immobile, immovable, unsubmitting

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English Thesaurus: insist, demand, require, be adamant, won’t take no for an answer, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ad‧a‧mant /ˈædəmənt/ adjective
[Date: 800-900; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin adamas 'hardest metal, diamond', from Greek]
determined not to change your opinion or a decision that you have made:
She begged me to change my mind, but I remained adamant.
adamant that
Madonna is adamant that she will not tour this year.
—adamantly adverb:
Britain is adamantly opposed to the new directive.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

insist to say firmly that someone should do something or that something should happen:
She insisted that it was her turn to drive.
demand to say very strongly and sometimes angrily that you want something or that something must happen:
I wrote a letter to the company, demanding an apology and a refund.
The guards demanded to see her ID.
require [usually passive] formal if you are required to do something, a rule or law says that you must do it:
The successful applicant will be required to sign a two-year contract.
be adamant to say very firmly that something must happen or is right, and refuse to change your mind when other people try to persuade you:
The actress has always been adamant about keeping her private life private.
won’t take no for an answer informal to insist that someone must do what you say or ask:
You’re coming home with me – I won’t take no for an answer.
put your foot down to say very firmly that someone must not do something:
Ed was talking about dropping out of school, but Mom and Dad put their foot down.

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