ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAadamant
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adamant
Meaning: refusing to be persuaded
adamant in a sentence
How adamant is used in real sentences:
She was adamant that she would not change her mind.
She was adamant that no one touch her project.
“She was adamant that the team would not lower safety standards to meet a launch date.”
— from the passage The Long Descent
Synonyms for adamant
Other words for adamant — unyielding, firm and resolute — carry the same meaning.
- unyielding
- firm
- resolute
Antonyms of adamant
Words that mean the opposite of adamant:
- flexible
- yielding
- compliant
Where it comes from
From Greek adamas 'unbreakable, hardest metal'
Memory hook
ADAMANT — hard as A-DAM-ant stone.