'Adamant' definitions:
Definition of 'adamant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" [syn: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent]
noun
Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [syn: diamond, adamant]
Definition of 'adamant'
From: Easton
- Adamant (Heb. shamir), Ezek. 3:9. The Greek word adamas means diamond. This stone is not referred to, but corundum or some kind of hard steel. It is an emblem of firmness in resisting adversaries of the truth (Zech. 7:12), and of hard-heartedness against the truth (Jer. 17:1).
Synonyms of 'adamant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamantine,
- at a standstill,
- cast-iron,
- dour,
- firm,
- flintlike,
- flinty,
- frozen,
- granitelike,
- granitic,
- grim,
- hard,
- hard-core,
- immobile,
- immotile,
- immotive,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- implacable,
- impliable,
- inductile,
- inelastic,
- inexorable,
- inextensible,
- inextensile,
- inextensional,
- inflexible,
- intractable,
- intractile,
- intransigent,
- iron,
- irreconcilable,
- irremovable,
- irresilient,
- lithic,
- marblelike,
- nonelastic,
- nonstretchable,
- obdurate,
- pat,
- petrified,
- petrogenic,
- relentless,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rock,
- rock-ribbed,
- slaty,
- standpat,
- stationary,
- steely,
- stern,
- stiff,
- stone,
- stubborn,
- unaffected,
- unalterable,
- unbending,
- unchangeable,
- uncompromising,
- unextendible,
- unextensible,
- unflexible,
- ungiving,
- unlimber,
- unmalleable,
- unmovable,
- unmoved,
- unmoving,
- unpliable,
- unpliant,
- unrelenting,
- unswayable,
- untractable,
- unyielding
Words containing 'Adamant'
- Adams,
- Adams, IN,
- Adams, OR,
- adam,
- adamance,
- adamantly,
- Adam's flannel,
- Adam's needle,
- Adamic earth,
- Adams Center,
- Adams County,
- Adams County, IN,
- Adams, CO,
- Adams, IA,
- Adams, ID,
- Adams, IL,
- Adams, MA,
- Adams, MN,
- Adams, MS,
- Adams, ND,
- Adams, NE,
- Adams, NY,
- Adams, OH,
- Adams, PA,
- Adams, TN,
- Adams, WA,
- Adams, WI,
- North Adams,
- adam a type,
- adam smith,
- adam the city of,
- adam's apple,
- adam's peak,
- fanny adams,
- john adams,
- mount adams,
- president adams,
- robert adam,
- sam adams,
- samuel adams,
- Adam-and-Eve,
- Adams Center, NY,
- Adams County, CO,
- Adams County, IA,
- Adams County, ID,
- Adams County, IL,
- Adams County, MS,
- Adams County, ND,
- Adams County, NE,
- Adams County, OH,
- Adams County, PA,
- Adams County, WA,
- Adams County, WI,
- North Adams, MA,
- North Adams, MI,
- helen adams keller,
- john quincy adams,
- president john adams,
- sweet fanny adams,
- adam's needle-and-thread,
- adams-stokes syndrome,
- president john quincy adams,
- stokes-adams syndrome