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steadfast
[ sted-fast, -fahst, -fuhst ]
adjective
- fixed in direction; steadily directed:
a steadfast gaze.
- firm in purpose, resolution, faith, attachment, etc., as a person:
a steadfast friend.
Synonyms: constant, reliable, dependable, sure
Antonyms: variable, capricious
- unwavering, as resolution, faith, adherence, etc.
- firmly established, as an institution or a state of affairs.
Synonyms: stable
- firmly fixed in place or position.
Synonyms: stable
steadfast
/ ˈstɛdfəst; -ˌfɑːst /
adjective
- (esp of a person's gaze) fixed in intensity or direction; steady
- unwavering or determined in purpose, loyalty, etc
steadfast resolve
Derived Forms
- ˈsteadfastness, noun
- ˈsteadfastly, adverb
Other Words From
- stead·fast·ly adverb
- stead·fast·ness noun
- o·ver·stead·fast adjective
- un·stead·fast adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of steadfast1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
I envy my refusenik friends their steadfast commitments to stay in, and contentment in doing so.
“A steadfast soldier of the law,” Felsman had said of his friend and comrade.
He remained steadfast in his belief in the promise of the conservative social network.
To date, the league has been steadfast in backing Snyder as well.
In the months following the death of our newborn daughter, I had remained steadfast in my faith, devout and prayerful.
The Afghan was true to his salt, and their own retainers, who had come with them from Lucknow, remained steadfast at this crisis.
At this part of Lorenzo's narrative, a cry, unutterable in words, burst from the engloomed but steadfast bosom of his auditor.
And these steadfast qualities Tom absorbed unconsciously through his very skin.
The driving power that forced an older self upon her had weakened before the steadfast love he bore her.
Her dress and bearing gave the impression of solid wellbeing, and steadfast purpose.
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