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Definitions for Adamant

[1] utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
[2] too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
[3] any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
[4] a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
[5] unshakable in purpose, determination, or opinion; unyielding
[6] a less common word for adamantine (def. 1)
[7] any extremely hard or apparently unbreakable substance
[8] a legendary stone said to be impenetrable, often identified with the diamond or loadstone

Words related to Adamant

uncompromising, stubborn, resolute, determined, intransigent, insistent, rigid, firm, immovable, set, pat, stiff, tough, fixed, hard-nosed, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, relentless, unbending

Words nearby Adamant

adam's bridge, adam's cup, adam's-needle, adam-and-eve, adama, adamant, adamantane, adamantine, adamantine membrane, adamantinoma, adamawa

Origin of Adamant

before 900; Middle English < Old French adamaunt < Latin adamant- (stem of adamas ) hard metal (perhaps steel), diamond < Greek, equivalent to a- a-6 + -damant- verbal adjective of damân to tame, conquer; replacing Old English athamans (< Medieval Latin ) and Middle English aymont < Middle French aimant < Vulgar Latin *adimant- < Latin

Other words from Adamant

ad·a·man·cy [ad -uh -muh n-see] /ˈæd ə mən si/ , ad·a·mance , noun
ad·a·mant·ly , adverb
un·ad·a·mant , adjective

Word origin for Adamant

Old English: from Latin adamant-, stem of adamas, from Greek; literal meaning perhaps: unconquerable, from a- 1 + daman to tame, conquer

Synonyms for Adamant

determined, insistent, intransigent, resolute, rigid, stubborn, uncompromising, firm, immovable, pat, set, stiff, fixed, hanging tough, hard-nosed, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, relentless, set in stone, standing pat, unbendable, unbending, unrelenting, unshakable, unswayable