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Definition: Adamant |
AdamantAdjective1. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "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 tendancy". Noun1. Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adamant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Satire | ADAMANT, n. A mineral frequently found beneath a corset. Soluble in solicitate of gold. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
19th Century Satire | From "Adam's Aunt," reputed to be a hard character. Hence, anything tough, or hard. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Bible | 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). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of adamant, denotes that you will be troubled and defeated in some desire that you held as your life. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Adamant is really the mineral corundum; but the word is indifferently used for rock crystal, diamond, or any hard substance, and also for the magnet or loadstone. It is often used by poet for no specific substance, but as hardness or firmness in the abstract. Thus, Virgil, in his Æneid vi. 552, speaks of "adamantine pillars" merely to express solid and strong ones; and Milton frequently uses the word in the same way. Thus, in Paradise Lost, ii. 436, he says the gates of hell were made of burning adamant: "This huge convex of fire Outrageous to devour, immures us round Ninefold, and gates of burning adamant Barred over us prohibit all egress." Satan, he tells us, wore adamantine armour (Book vi. 110): "Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering, armed in adamant and gold." And a little further on he tells us his shield was made of adamant (vi. 255): "He [Satan] hasted, and opposed the rocky orb Of ten-fold adamant, his ample shield A vast circumference." Tasso (canto vii. 82) speaks of Scudo di lucidissimo diamante (a shield of clearest diamond). Other poets make adamant to mean the magnet. Thus, in Troilus and Cresida, iii. 2: As true as steel, as plantage to the moon, As sun to day, as turtle to her mate, As iron to adamant." ("Plantage to the moon," from the notion that plants grew best with the increasing moon.) And Green says: As true to thee as steel to adamant." So, in the Arabian Nights, the "Third Calendar," we read: To-morrow about noon we shall be near the black mountain, or mine of adamant, which at this very minute draws all your fleet towards it, by virtue of the iron in your ships." Adamant is a (negative) and damao (to conquer). Pliny tells us there are six unbreakable stones (xxxvii. 15), but the classical adamas (gen. adamant-is) is generally supposed to mean the diamond. Diamond and adamant are originally the same word. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Since diamond is now used exclusively for the hardest gem, adamant has mostly poetic or figurative use. As an increasingly archaic word, it - and its adjectival form adamantine - is especially often seen in fantasy fiction. For instance, in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Galadriel's ring Nenya is also named the "Ring of Adamant".
Adam Adamant Lives was a BBC television series in the 1960s.
The Adamant Music School is a piano school located in the village of Adamant, Vermont just north of Montpelier. The Adamant Press is also located in the village.
The Adamant was an iron barque (sailing ship) that brought immigrants to New Zealand in the late 19th century.
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Synonyms: AdamantSynonyms: adamantine (adj), inexorable (adj), intransigent (adj), diamond (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hardness | Stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant; bone, cartilage; hardware; heart of oak, block, board, deal board; iron, steel; cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron; nail; brick, concrete; cement. |
Adamant, adamantine, adamantean; concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic, vitreous; horny, corneous; bony; osseous, ossific; cartilaginous; hard as a rock. Noun: stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker; stiff as starch, stiff as as board. | |
Strength | Adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak; iron grip; grit, bone. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Adamant |
| English words defined with "adamant": Adamantean, adamantine, Athamaunt ♦ inexorable, intransigent. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "adamant": Articles interchanged ♦ Hard as a Stone ♦ Papyra. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "adamant": Athamaunt. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Adamant" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (adamant, diamond), Scottish (adamant), Welsh (adamant, diamond). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Adam Adamant Lives! (1966) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Oh not my powder puff -- I can't spare that : but Mars was adamant. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Exaggerating; adamant; determined; firm; fixed; hang tough; hard-nosed; immovable; inexorable; inflexible; inflexible; insistent; intransigent; obdurate; pat; relentless; resolute; rigid; set; stiff; stubborn; unbendable; unbending; uncompromising; unrele. | |
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Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | In this cave are twenty lamps continually burning, which from the reflection of the adamant cast a strong light into every part |
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Business | All of these companies, some of which are subsidiaries of European companies (e.g. aBB, Siemens, etc), work very closely with the GON, which is adamant on maintaining a viable defense industrial base. Kongsberg recently purchased other Norwegian defense and electronics firms to become stronger in international civilian markets. (references) | |
Economic History | Switzerland | While on the surface this would appear to be a negative development for U.S. work permit applicants, Swiss officials are adamant that the impact on U.S. work permit applicants should be negligible as these applicants are generally among the most highly qualified of all national groups. (references) |
Political Economy | Denmark | An overwhelming number of Danes favor Danish membership in NATO, and the Danes are also adamant that progress toward European integration should not come at the expense of transatlantic ties. (references) |
Indonesia | Political opposition to Wahid -- in the form of a parliamentary move to impeach him -- gained momentum May 30, 2001, when the DPR decided that the MPR would hold a Special Session to hear (and vote on) the president's accountability speech on August 1, 2001. Wahid was defiant and adamant that the MPR had no authority to hold a Special Session on his accountability. (references) | |
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Ellen Levin | Not really. There were several jurors that were very adamant that he should have been found guilty of murder, and there was one juror who, I believe, and I was told that seemed to have a secret crush on him, and that she was perhaps the one holdout. |
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| "Adamant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.65% of the time. "Adamant" is used about 269 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.65% | 260 | 18,316 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.97% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.37% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 269 | N/A |
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1. Adamant, VT |
Expression using "adamant": be adamant. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "adamant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i paepur (cast iron, dogged, firm, hard bitten, hard boiled, implacable, indefatigable, indomitable, inexorable, inflexible, pertinacious, rigid, stiff, tough, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding), i fortë (able bodied, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set). (various references) | |
Arabic | متعنت (inflexible, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, stubborn), متصلب (hard line, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, sclerotic, stick in the mud, stubborn, uncompromising, wilful, willful), ماسي الصلابة, عنيد (asinine, contrary, coriaceous, die hard, dogged, dour, fractious, hardheaded, headstrong, heady, implacable, incorrigible, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, inveterate, irreconcilable, mulish, nagging, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ornery, peevish, persevering, pertinacious, perverse, piggish, pigheaded, refractory, rigid, scabrous, scratchy, self willed, stiff, stiff necked, stout, stubborn, sullen, tenacious, thwart, uncompromising, unruly, unwilling, unyielding, wilful, willful, wrongheaded), صلب (aguish, callosity, callous, cast iron, concrete, consolidate, corneous, cross oneself, crucifixion, crucify, cruel, firm, harden, horny, inflexible, loin, metallic, out and out, persistent, ramrod, resistant, rigid, robust, sear, solid, solidary, stabile, stark, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, temper, tenacious, tough, unkind, unyielding), اللمعان, الأدمنت حجر صلب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стомана (iron, steel), твърд (adamantine, constant, crusty, decided, determined, dogged, fast, firm, flat, flinty, forceful, gritty, hard, hardhearted, immovable, obstinate, persistent, proof, rigid, rock-ribbed, rocky, sclerotic, sclerous, set, solid, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stiff, stout, stringy, strong, sturdy, swerveless, tenacious, tinny, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering), непреклонен (adamantine, austere, cast iron, implacable, inexorable, inexpiable, inflexible, iron-bound, ironclad, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rugged, stern, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding), желязо (ferro, iron), елмаз (diamond, glass cutter), диамант (diamond, drop, rock, sparkler). (various references) | |
Chinese | 坚定 (Determined, Determinedly, inflexible, stalwart, unshakable, unshakably). (various references) | |
Czech | pevný (compact, concrete, consistent, deep-seated, durable, energetic, fast, firm, fixed, good, hard set, hardwearing, heavy duty, immovable, ingrained, meaty, proof, resilient, resolute, secure, solid, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, unmoved, unswerving, unyielding, valid), odmítnutí (brush off, denial, nay, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repulse), neoblomný (hard, inflexible, obdurate, relentless). (various references) | |
Dutch | spýkerhard, onvermurwbaar (relentless), onbuigzaam (unbending, uncompromising), keihard (diehard). (various references) | |
Farsi | یکدنده (Dogged), مقاوم (Refractory, Resistant, Resister), تزلزل ناپذیر (Imperturbable), جسم جامدوسخت . (various references) | |
French | adamantin (adamantine). (various references) | |
Frisian | bonkehurd. (various references) | |
German | unnachgiebig (inflexible, intractable, intransigent, obdurate, procrustean, relentless, unaccommodating, unaccomodating, unbending, uncompromising, unflinching, unflinchingly, unrelenting, unyielding, unyieldingly), unerbittlich (adamantly, implacable, implacably, inclement, inexorable, inexorably, inflexibly, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, uncompromisingly, unrelenting, unrelentingly), steinhart, hartnäckig (besetting, dogged, dour, importunate, importunately, insistent, intractable, inveterate, obdurate, obstinate, obstinately, persistent, pertinacious, pertinaciously, pugnacious, pugnaciously, refractorily, refractory, strenuous, stubborn, tenacious, tenaciously, tough, unregenerate, unrelenting, urgent). (various references) | |
Greek | άκαμπτος (obdurate, rigid, stiff), αμετάπειστοσ (confirmed), αμετάπειστος (obdurate), αμετάτρεπτοσ (inconvertible, irreversible, set, unconvertible), αδαμάντασ (brilliant, diamond, diamonda, solitaire, sparkler). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קש" (crusty, difficult, formidable, hard, harsh, heavy, severe, stern, stiff, Strait, tough), עקשן (bone head, contrary, dogged, headstrong, obdurate, obstinate, pertinacious, refractory, self willed, stiff necked, stubborn), סלעי (rocky, rugged, stony). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hajthatatlan (grim, hard as a flint, hard bitten, have a heart of flint, indomitable, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, obdurate, relentless, steely, stiff, stiff in the back, uncomplying, unrelenting, unyielding), gyémántkeménységû anyag, gyémántkeménységű kő, gyémántkeménységű anyag, gyémántkeménységű. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tetap (consistent, constant, inveterate, keep, permanent, remain), teguh hati, tak mau menyerah. (various references) | |
Italian | diamante (diamond). (various references) | |
Manx | creoi (bitter, bitter of frost, blistering, blistering as language, difficult, distressing, dry, hard, hard-boiled, hard-set, hardy, heartless, near, near with money, neat, obdurate, solid, steely, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, tough). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ubøyelig (inflexible), steinhard. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adamantay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | resistente (durable, firm, lasting, proof, resistant, robust, solid, strong, sturdy, tough, wakeless, wiry), duro (callous, cornered, crapy, crusty, die-hard, flinty, grueling, gruelling, gruff, hard-boiled, hard-up, heartless, iron, iron-bound, jarring, marble, non-ductile, racking, rocky, rough, rugged, set, severe, shrewd, sinewy, solid, stand-up, stern, stiff, toilsome, tough, unfeeling, unkind, unrelenting, unyielding, wiry), diamante (brilliant, diamond, glass-cutter). (various references) | |
Romanian | adamant (diamond), tare (adamantine, badly, crusty, deeply, double, durable, fast, fierce, firm, firmly, greatly, hard, hollow, intense, intensely, lasting, leathery, loud, loudly, mighty, potent, powerful, rigid, robust, rocky, solid, spanking, stalwart, steady, stiff, stout, strong, strongly, sturdy, to the echo, tough, unflinching, unflinchingly, vehement, vigorous, violent), hotãrât (appointed, assertive, categorical, categorically, certain, certainly, dead, decided, definite, definitely, determined, exactly, firm, firmly, flat, flatly, forthright, foursquare, game, gritty, hell-bent, manful, pertinacious, plucky, point blank, positively, purposeful, resolute, resolved, resolvedly, set, stalwart, steadfast, sticky, strong-minded, sturdy, sure, surely, trenchant, unfaltering, unflinching, unflinchingly, unhesitatingly, vigorous), granit (granite, monolith), diamant (diamond, Pearl), dârz (audacious, daring, gamy, resistant, saucy, steadfast, stout, stoutly, strong-minded, stubborn, unflinching), bronz (bronze, gun metal). (various references) | |
Russian | твердый (cast iron, coriaceous, deep-seated, fast, firm, gritty, hard, hard and fast, resolute, resolved, rigid, rocky, set, solid, steadfast, stern, stiff, stony, unflinching, unshaken, unshrinking, unyielding), непреклонный (cast iron, determined, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, rigid, steely, stern, unbend, unbending, uncompromising, unmoved), алмаз непреклонный. (various references) | |
Scottish | adamant. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tvrd (firm, hard, solid, steely, tight-fisted), nesalomiv (firm, unbreakable), nepopustljiv (die hard, iron-bound, unaccommodating, uncomplying, unforgiving, unrelenting, unremitting, unyielding). (various references) | |
Spanish | reacio (balky, fractious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, unwilling), porfiado (bossily, grim, obstinate, opinionated), inexorable (inexorable, relentless, ruthless, unrelenting), firme (ballast bed, bed, decisive, fast, firm, foursquare, hard, out and out, persistent, positive, road, roadbed, secure, set, solid, sound, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, sure, surface, unmoved, unswerving, unwavering), duro (bad, bumpy, die hard, difficult, hard, hard boiled, hard liner, hardcore, hard-hearted, harsh, intensive, leather, old, ole, rough, severe, stale, stern, stiff, stony, strong, stubborn, tough, unkind), diamante (diamond, rock, sparkler). (various references) | |
Swedish | orubblig (firm, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, impregnable, inexorable, inflexible, pertinacious, tenacious, unblinking, uncompromising, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding). (various references) | |
Turkish | sert (acrid, astringent, austere, bad, bitter, boisterous, bossy, brisk, brutal, cast iron, crusty, cutting, drastic, exact, exacting, fierce, firm, flinty, forbidding, get-tough, granitic, grim, gruff, gusty, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, hard line, hard set, hardening, hard-hitting, harsh, heady, heavy, heavy-handed, hot, ill natured, inclement, incompressible, inelastic, intemperate, iron, ironclad, keen, nappy, pointed, pungent, rigid, rigorous, rough, round, sclerous, severe, sharp, sharp-set, short, short-spoken, shrewd, smart, solid, sound, spanking, spartan, spiky, stand up, starched, starchy, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, strong, surly, tart, tough, unbending, ungentle, unkind, unrelenting, unshaded, unyielding, vehement, violent), hoşgörüsüz (austere, exacting, illiberal, impatient, intolerant, strict, uncomplaisant), çok sert efsanevi bir taş. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | невблаганний (deadly, grim, immitigable, implacable, uncompromising), незламний (adamantine, die hard, never say die), непохитний (adamantine, die hard, granitic, granitical, hard and fast, immovable, impregnable, inflexible, inviolable, never say die, relentless, rocky, stable, steady, unbending, unshaken, unswerving, unyielding), алмаз (diamond), адамант. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | rắn như kim cương sắt đá, gang thép (adamantine, cast-iron), cứng rắn (obdurate). (various references) | |
Welsh | adamant (diamond), diemwnt. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adamans, adamantem, insuadibilis. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 3, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai estai dia pantoV krataioteron petraV mh fobhqhV ap' autwn mhde ptohqhV apo proswpou autwn dioti oikoV parapikrainwn estin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ut adamantem et ut silicem dedi faciem tuam ne timeas eos neque metuas a facie eorum quia domus exasperans est |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Y yaue thi face as an adamaunt, and as a flynt; drede thou not hem, nether drede thou the face of hem, for it is an hows styrynge to wraththe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people. |
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| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 3, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Maingon nga ang diamante magahi pa kay sa santik mao nga gipagahi ko ang imong agtang: ayaw kahadlok kanila, ni malisang sa ilang mga tinan-awan, bisan sila masuklanon nga balay. |
| Croatian | I ne boj ih se i ne plaši, jer oni su rod odmetnièki!" |
| Danish | som Diamant, hårdere end Flint gør jeg din Pande. Frygt ikke for dem og vær ikke ræd for deres Ansigter, thi de er en genstridig Slægt!" |
| Dutch | Uw voorhoofd heb Ik gemaakt als een diamant, harder dan een rots; vrees hen niet, en ontzet u niet voor hun aangezichten, omdat zij een wederspannig huis zijn. |
| Finnish | Timantin kaltaiseksi, kiveä kovemmaksi minä teen sinun otsasi. Älä pelkää heitä äläkä arkaile heidän kasvojansa, sillä he ovat uppiniskainen suku." |
| French | Je rendrai ton front comme un diamant, plus dur que le roc. Ne les crains pas, quoiqu`ils soient une famille de rebelles. |
| German | Ja, ich habe deine Stirn so hart wie ein Demant, der härter ist denn ein Fels, gemacht. Darum fürchte dich nicht, entsetze dich auch nicht vor ihnen, daß sie so ein ungehorsames Haus sind. |
| Hungarian | Olyanná, mint a gyémánt, a mely keményebb a tûzkõnél, tettem a te homlokodat; ne félj tõlök, és meg ne rettenj tekintetöktõl, mert pártos ház. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Engkau akan Kujadikan seteguh batu karang dan sekeras intan. Janganlah takut kepada para pemberontak itu." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kujadikan dahimu seperti intan dan keras dari pada batu gunung; jangan engkau takut akan mereka itu dan jangan engkau gentar akan mukanya, jikalau mereka itu bangsa yang bantahan sekalipun! |
| Maori | Kua oti tou rae te mea e ahau kia rite ki te kohatu tino maro, maro atu i te mata: kaua e wehi i a ratou, kaua hoki e pairi ina titiro ratou, ahakoa he whare whakakeke ratou. |
| Norwegian | Lik en diamant, hårdere enn sten, gjør jeg din panne; du skal ikke frykte for dem og ikke forferdes for deres åsyn; for en gjenstridig ætt er de. |
| Portuguese | Fiz como esmeril a tua fronte, mais dura do que a pederneira. Não os temas pois, nem te assustes com os seus semblantes, ainda que são casa rebelde. |
| Rumanian | Kyi voi face fruntea ca un diamant, mai asprq deckt stknca. Nu te teme wi nu te speria de ei, cqci sknt o casq de kndqrqtnici!`` |
| Russian | лБЛ БМНБЪ, ЛПФПТЩК ЛТЕ ЮЕ ЛБНОС, У"ЕМБМ с ЮЕМП ФЧПЕ; ОЕ 'ПКУС ЙИ Й ОЕ УФТБЫЙУШ ЕТЕ" МЙ"ЕН ЙИ, Й'П ПОЙ НСФЕЦОЩК "ПН. |
| Spanish | Yo hago tu frente como el diamante, que es más duro que el pedernal. Tú no les temerás, ni te atemorizarás ante ellos, porque son una casa rebelde." |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "adamant": adamantine, adamantly, adamants. (additional references) | |
Words containing "adamant": rhadamanthine. (additional references) | |
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"Adamant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adama, adamanat, adamante, adamantl, adamat, adament, adamit, adamnat, Adamon, adana, Adasani, addamant, addament, Addyman, ademant, adimant, adiment, admant, adment, Adomnan, alaman, alamanni, amadans, amadant, andamans, aramanth, Ardalan, Atamont, Awamutu, Badamhand, Damajan, Damavand, Dawamat, Dayanand, Hadramat, kadazan. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adamant" (pronounced a"dumunt) |
| 6 | -d u m u n t | condiment, impediment, rudiment, sediment. |
| 5 | -u m u n t | argument, armament, accompaniment, complement, implement, detriment, disarmament, element, excrement, experiment, filament, increment, instrument, integument, ligament, ornament, orpiment, parliament, predicament, rearmament, regiment, sacrament, sentiment, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, vehement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, arraignment, arrangement, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, comportment, concealment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, extinguishment, figment, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, segment, settlement, shipment, statement, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-m-n-t" | |
-1 letter: ataman. | |
-2 letters: adman, atman, daman, manat, manta. | |
-3 letters: anta, atma, damn, data, mana, nada. | |
-4 letters: ama, ana, and, ant, dam, mad, man, mat, nam, tad, tam, tan. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, am, an, at, ma, na, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-d-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: adamants, tamandua. | |
+2 letters: adamantly, adenomata, dalmatian, mandatary, tamanduas. | |
+3 letters: adamantine, amantadine, dalmatians. | |
+4 letters: amantadines, mandarinate, mandataries. | |
+5 letters: antiacademic, mandarinates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Cities 14. Expressions 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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