Steadfast

Definition: Steadfast

Steadfast

Adjective

1. Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty".

2. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "steadfast" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Steadfast \Stead"fast\, adjective. [Stead fast, that is, fast in place.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Steadfast

Attention

Steadfast.

Belief

Firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep-rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion; uberrima fides.

Perseverance

Adjective: persevering, constant; steady, steadfast; undeviating, unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving, unflinching, unsleeping, unflagging, undrooping; steady as time; unrelenting,

Stability

Fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed, valid; fiducial; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted; settled, established; Verb: vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable.

Crosswords: Steadfast

I'll be your savior, steadfast and true (EMOTIONAL RESCUE; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

The Steadfast Heart (1923)

Rabbit Ears: The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Check Point Holds Steadfast to Its Partnership Strategies [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Living Inside Our Hope: A Steadfast Radical's Thoughts on Rebuilding the Movement (reference)

• Millie's Steadfast Love (Life of Faith, No 5) (reference)

• My Steadfast Heart (reference)

• Steadfast in Your Word: Daily Reflections from Martin Luther (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Timeless Tales from Hallmark: The Steadfast Tin Soldier (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Steadfast (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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The honest statesman, his country's steadfast friend. Harry of the West. Credit: Library of Congress.

And very wide and steadfast were its gates. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Malaysia

The Government of Malaysia has remained steadfast in its commitment to the pegged exchange rate. (references)

Nigeria

Whether the Nigerian Government will remain steadfast with the 100 percent destination inspection is uncertain. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He that strengthens and makes steadfast

He that strengthens and makes steadfast

Albanian

i patundur (deep-seated, flat-footed, immovable, implicit, inexorable, resolute, staunch, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering), i palëkundur (pertinacious, unshakable, unshaken, unyielding). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مخلص (adherent, candid, constant, devoted, devout, earnest, faithful, heartfelt, hearty, honest, loyal, mentor, open-hearted, sincere, staunch, true, true-hearted, truthful, whole-hearted), ‏حازم (decisive, determined, firm, gritty, resolute, steady, strong-willed, tough), ‏عازم (determined, firm, intent, resolute, resolved, single minded, stalwart), ‏ثابت (abiding, constant, enduring, fast, firm, fixed, habitual, immobile, immovable, immutable, indubitable, invariable, lasting, lingering, perpetual, settled, solid, stabile, stable, standing, stationary, steady, stiff, strong, stubborn, sturdy, substantive, unfailing, unmoved), ‏راسخ (deep-seated, earthbound, fast, firm, firmly, fixed, founded, immovable, incommutable, incorrigible, ingrained, inveterate, rooted, settled, solid, sound, stabile, stable, staunch, steady, sure, unalterable, vested). (various references)

Bulgarian 

устойчив (firm, persevering, resistant, rigid, settled, stable, staunch, steady, sure footed, unswerving), траен (abiding, durable, enduring, fast, keeping, lasting, secular, secure, serviceable, settled, stable, standing, stout, substantive), твърд (adamant, 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, steady, steely, stiff, stout, stringy, strong, sturdy, swerveless, tenacious, tinny, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering), неподвижен (at rest, attached, fast, fixed, immobile, inelastic, motionless, moveless, put, quiescent, rigid, sessile, set, slack, stationary, statuesque, still, stirless, stock-still, unacted), прикован (confined), постоянен (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, firm, fixed, frequent, hourly, immovable, invariable, lasting, minutely, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, secular, settled, stable, standing, static, steady, stock, substantive, sustained, unalterable, undeviating, unfailing, unidirectional, uniform, uninterrupted, unvaried). (various references)

Chinese 

坚定不移 (Stedfast). (various references)

Czech

vytrvalý (assiduous, persistent, strenuous, sustained, tireless, tough, unremitting), upřený (fixed, staring, steady, unwavering), pevný (adamant, 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, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, unmoved, unswerving, unyielding, valid), cílevìdomý (politic, purposeful). (various references)

Farsi 

پابرجای (Loyal), خیره (Agaze), استوار (Consistent, Constant, Firm, Immovable, Secure, Sound, Stable, Steady, Steel, Sure, Tenacious), ثابت قدم (Consistent, Constant, Resolute, Staunchstanch, Unflinching). (various references)

Finnish

vakaa (firm, stable, steady), luja (decided, durable, fast, firm, resolute, stable, steady, stout, strong), järkkymätön (firm, immovable). (various references)

French

résolu (stalwart, strong-minded), inébranlable (staunch), fidèle (stalwart), ferme (stable, steady), constant (standing, staunch, steady, stiff). (various references)

German

standhaft (firm, staunchly, sturdily, sturdy, unwavering, unwaveringly), standfest (stable, steady), unwandelbar (immutable, unalterable, unwavering, unwaveringly), unverbrüchlich (unbreakable), tapfer (bold, brave, bravely, courageous, gallant, gallantly, manful, manfully, pluckily, plucky, stout, stout hearted, stout-heartedly, stoutly, valiant, valiantly, valorous), gefestigt (established, stable), beständig (consistent, constant, constantly, continual, durable, inextinguishable, invariably, lasting, perennial, permanent, persistent, proof, resistant, settled, stable, steady, sustained), beharrlich (importunate, importunately, insistent, insistently, persevering, persistent, persistently, single minded, stolid, stolidly, unremitting, unwavering, unwaveringly). (various references)

Greek 

στερεόσ (blocky, durable, fast, solid, stanch, staunch, sturdy), σταθερόσ (abiding, consistent, constant, equable, firm, fixed, hard, permanent, set, stable, stanch, standard, stationary, staunch, steady, unfaltering). (various references)

Hungarian

állhatatos (blue, consistent, consistent with, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, set, steady, tenacious). (various references)

Indonesian

ulet (perseverant), tabah (perseverant, persistent). (various references)

Italian

risoluto (bent, decided, decisive, determined, grim, purposeful, resolute, resolved), costante (abiding, changeless, consistent, constant, continual, even, faithful, permanent, steady, sustained, true). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� �い (hard, honorable, stuffy writing). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふばつ (firm, indomitable, invincible, unswerving), かたい (carelessness, certain, difficult, firm, hard, honorable, lower leg, lower limbs, lower part of the body, mistake, negligence, solemn, solid, stubborn, stuffy writing, unpolished writing). (various references)

Manx

shickyr (certain, confident, definite, fast, firm, fixed, impregnable, positive, secure, stable, steady, sure, unflinching), shassooagh (abiding, constant, dogged, firm, insistent, invariable, persistent, resolute, stable), jeelys (devoted, faithful, firm, genuine, sincere, staunch, true-hearted). (various references)

Pig Latin

eadfaststay

Portuguese

resoluto (accomplished, decisive, energetic, game, plucky, purposive, resolute, stalwart, stark, stiff, stout, sturdy, unbending, unhesitating, unwavering), inflexível (die-hard, firm, iron-bound, non-ductile, obdurate, relentless, rigorous, rugged, severe, stiff, stony, stubborn, tough, unaccommodating, unbending, uncompromising, unfeeling, unpersuadable, unrelenting, unshrinking, unyielding), inalterável (constant, deep-seated, same, settled, true-blue, unalterable, unfading), inabalável (unfailing, unshakeable, unswerving), firme (compact, consistent, deep-seated, die-hard, fadeless, fast, firm, fixed, hard, inflexible, iron, non-ductile, resolute, set, settled, sober, solid, stable, steady, stern, stiff, strong, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tight, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unfailing, unfaltering, unhesitating, unmoved, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding), estável (deep-seated, enduring, permanent, settled, solid, stable, steady), constante (all-time, besetting, constant, continual, even, fixed, frequent, incessant, lasting, loyal, permanent, persevering, persistent, stable, standing, sustained, true-blue, uniform, unremitting, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unwearying). (various references)

Romanian

statornic (abiding, constant, constantly, durable, lasting, permanently, rigid, settled, smooth, stable, steadfastly, unchanging, unfailing), stabil (durable, firm, fixed, fixedly, lasting, permanent, sedentary, set, settled, solid, sound, stable, standing, steady), stãruitor (arduous, assiduous, constant, dogged, firm, instant, instantly, patient, persevering, perseveringly, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, pleading, pressing, pushing, steady, stubborn, tenacious, trusty, urgent, zealous), neabãtut (firm, unfailing, unflagging, unflinching, unshaken), imobil (apartment house, firm, fixed, immobile, immovable, motionless, standing, stationary, still), hotãrât (adamant, 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, sticky, strong-minded, sturdy, sure, surely, trenchant, unfaltering, unflinching, unflinchingly, unhesitatingly, vigorous), ferm (decidedly, firm, fixed, hard, hard bitten, inflexible, resistant, resolute, resolved, set, stable, staunch, steady, sturdy, tight, unbending, unfaltering, unflinching, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding), durabil (durable, lasting, long-lived, solid, strong, tough), dârz (adamant, audacious, daring, gamy, resistant, saucy, stout, stoutly, strong-minded, stubborn, unflinching), constant (abiding, constant, firm, permanent, smooth, steady, unchanging, unfailing, uniform). (various references)

Russian 

стойкий (doughty, fast, firm, hard bitten, hardbitten, lasting, persistent, resistant, staunch, stout, stouthearted, stout-hearted, sturdy, true-blue, uncompromising, unyielding). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

postojan (constant, immovable, immutable, stabile, stable, steady, surefooted, unswerving), čvrst (firm, hard, hard and fast, solid, sound, stalwart, staunch, steady, strong, sturdy, tenacious, tight, trim, unwavering, wiry). (various references)

Spanish

tenaz (grasping, obstinate, stiff, stubborn, sturdy, tenacious, tough, unrelenting), obstinado (balky, bullheaded, dogged, hard-headed, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, perverse, pig-headed, refractory, self willed, stout, stubborn), firme (adamant, ballast bed, bed, decisive, fast, firm, foursquare, hard, out and out, persistent, positive, road, roadbed, secure, set, solid, sound, staunch, steady, strong, sure, surface, unmoved, unswerving, unwavering), constante (chronic, constant, equable, even, incessant, recurrent, regular, unfailing, uniform, uniformly, unwavering). (various references)

Swedish

stadig (established, firm, fixed, foursquare, level headed, secure, settled, staid, steady, unfaltering). (various references)

Thai

แน่นอน (certain, nice, sure, surefire). (various references)

Turkish

sebatlı (constant, perseverant, pertinacious, sedulous, stable, sturdy), sarsılmaz (adamantine, bedrock, immovable, stable, steady, unshakable, unshaken, unshrinking, unwavering), sabit (attached, changeless, constant, entrenched, established, fast, firm, fixed, flat, flat-footed, immobile, immovable, immutable, indelible, invariable, irremovable, permanent, put, real, rigid, set, settled, stable, staid, standing, staring, static, stationary, steady, substantive, unwavering), kararlı (bent, decided, decisive, determined, dogged, firm, flat-footed, hard core, high pressure, immovable, inflexible, intent, professional, resolute, resolved, set, settled, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, stable, strong-minded, strong-willed, undeterred, unfaltering), değişmez (changeless, constant, entrenched, equable, fast, fixed, flat-footed, frozen, hard and fast, immutable, inalterable, invariable, Pat, permanent, regular, rigid, set, settled, stable, static, steady, unalterable, unchangeable, unchanging, unswerving, unvarying, unwavering), ısrarlı (clamant, constant, insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent). (various references)

Turkmen 

mizemez (unshakable, unwaivering), gyюarnyksyz (unswerving), зiсe. (various references)

Ukrainian

сталий (canonic, canonical, changeless, constant, fuddy-duddy, settled, stabilized, well balanced), твердий (callous, choky, consistent, coriaceous, crisp, crusty, deep-seated, firm, hard, hard and fast, resolute, settled, solid, staunch, stern, strong, tough). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vững chắc; cố định, trước sau như một chắc chắn, kiên định (unswerving), không rời, không dao động (unwavering). (various references)

Welsh

diysgog (firm, stable), di-sigl (firm, unshaken). (various references)

constans, constantes, constantia, firmus, forte, fortem, fortes, forti, fortia, fortibus, fortior, fortiora, fortiorem, fortiores, fortiori, fortioribus, fortioris, fortiorum, fortis, fortissima, fortissimam, fortissime, fortissimi, fortissimis, fortissimo, fortissimorum, fortissimos, fortissimum, fortissimus, fortium, fortius, inmobile, inmobilem, inmobiles, inmobilis, stabile, stabilem, stabiles, stabilis, tenaci, tenax. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "steadfast": steadfastly, steadfastness, steadfastnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Steadfast" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sealfast, steadfasst, steadfasty, steadyfast. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: stedfast.

-2 letters: daftest, fastest.

-3 letters: defats, fasted, fatted, feasts, safest, stades, stated, states, steads, tasset, tasted, tastes, tsades.

-4 letters: assed, asset, dates, defat, easts, fades, fasts, fated, fates, feast, feats, fetas, sades, safes, sated, sates, seats, setts, stade, state, stats, stead, stets, tasse, taste, tates, teats, testa, tests, tsade.

-5 letters: asea, ates, daft, data, date.

+2 letters: steadfastly.

+4 letters: steadfastness.