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stand one's ground

ADJECTIVE
inalterable
Synonyms
STRONG
unalterable
WEAK
adamant adamantine determined dogged dyed-in-the-wool firm fixed hard hard-and-fast immovable immutable implacable indomitable inexorable intractable invariable iron ironclad obdurate obstinate relentless resolute rigid rigorous set set in one's ways single-minded staunch steadfast steely stiff strict stringent unadaptable unbending unchangeable uncompliant uncompromising unrelenting unswayable unyielding
ADJECTIVE
inflexible
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adamant immutable intractable obstinate resolute rigid rigorous steadfast strict stringent uncompromising unyielding
WEAK
adamantine determined dogged dyed-in-the-wool firm fixed hang-tough hard hard-and-fast immovable implacable indomitable inexorable iron obdurate relentless set set in one's ways single-minded staunch steely stiff unadaptable unbending unchangeable uncompliant unrelenting unswayable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
amenable cooperative easygoing flexible irresolute lenient pliant soft submissive tolerant willing yielding
WEAK
bendable elastic pliable reasonable resilient
VERB
hold one's ground
Synonyms
WEAK
hold fast not budge persevere persist stay pat
VERB
stand pat
Synonyms
WEAK
hold out resist stay put stick to one's guns
VERB
withstand
Synonyms
STRONGEST
combat cope defy hold off repel resist ride out suffer thwart tolerate weather
STRONG
brace brave buck confront contest cross dispute duel face fight oppose stand stick take traverse violate
WEAK
fly in the face of grapple with hang on hang tough hold one's ground hold out prevail against put up struggle put up with remain firm sit and take it stand fast stand firm stand up against stand up to stick fast take it take on win out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aid assist disallow help refuse reject surrender
STRONG
agree dodge give up hide loosen support unfasten
WEAK
yield

Example Sentences

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“What is defense? What is reasonable? When may one stand one’s ground and when must one retreat? And, when is a citizen entitled to step in as an aggressor in the name of the state?”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2021

Some fenced extremely well, and it was a pleasure to look on; and when one’s own turn came, all one thought of was how to stand one’s ground boldly, and how to fence well.

From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

But here is where one must firmly stand one's ground, and standing one's ground means independence from the family.

From Down with the Cities by Nakashima, Tadashi

But as it is, one's motto must be to stand one's ground bravely.

From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Hauptmann, Gerhart

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.