Adjacent Words

Constancy definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSTANCY, n. [L., to stand.]
1. Fixedness; a standing firm; hence, applied to God or his works, immutability; unalterable continuance; a permanent state.
2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; steady, unshaken determination; particularly applicable to firmness of mind under sufferings, to steadiness in attachments, and to perseverence in enterprise. Lasting affection; stability in love or friendship.
3. Certainty; veracity; reality.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds" [syn: constancy, stability] [ant: changefulness, inconstancy]
2: (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation [syn: constancy, perceptual constancy]
3: faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -cies) Date: 15th century 1. a. steadfastness of mind under duress ; fortitude b. fidelity, loyalty 2. a state of being constant or unchanging

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the quality of being unchanging and dependable; faithfulness. 2 firmness, endurance. Etymology: L constantia (as constant)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Constancy Con"stan*cy, n. [L. constantia: cf. F. constance. See Constant.] 1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability; as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes. 2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability; fidelity. A fellow of plain uncoined constancy. --Shak. Constancy and contempt of danger. --Prescott. Syn: Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence; steadfastness; resolution. See Firmness.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Constancy is the quality of staying the same even though other things change. We live in a world without constancy. 2. Constancy is the quality of being faithful and loyal to a particular person or belief. ...those who have proved their constancy in love. = fidelity [approval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Stability, immutability, unchangeableness, permanence. 2. Uniformity, regularity. 3. Inflexibility, steadiness, steadfastness, firmness, resolution, determination, decision, tenacity of purpose. 4. Fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty, truth, devotion.

Moby Thesaurus

abidingness, accordance, adherence, adhesion, age, allegiance, antiquity, aplomb, application, assiduity, assiduousness, attachment, balance, balanced personality, bona fides, bond, bonne foi, bulldog tenacity, calm, ceaselessness, changelessness, chattering, clockwork regularity, coeternity, commitment, concentration, consecutiveness, consistency, consonance, constant flow, continualness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, cool, correspondence, daily round, dedication, defeat of time, defiance of time, devotedness, devotion, diligence, dingdong, diuturnity, dogged perseverance, doggedness, drone, durability, durableness, duration, endlessness, endurance, engrossment, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, eternalness, eternity, even pace, even tenor, evenness, ever-duringness, everlastingness, everness, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, featurelessness, fidelity, firmness, firmness of mind, fixedness, flintiness, foreverness, frozenness, fullness, gaplessness, good faith, hardening, homage, homeostasis, homogeneity, immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability, imperturbability, incessancy, indefatigability, indestructibility, industriousness, industry, infinite duration, infinity, inflexibility, insistence, insistency, interminability, invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, jointlessness, lastingness, long standing, long-lastingness, long-livedness, longevity, loyalty, maintenance, methodicalness, monolithism, monologue, monotone, monotonousness, monotony, nerve, never-endingness, noninterruption, obstinacy, orderliness, oscillation, patience, patience of Job, perdurability, perennation, perenniality, perennialness, permanence, permanency, perpetualness, perpetuity, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plenitude, plodding, plugging, preoccupation, pulsation, punctuality, quick fire, quiescence, rapid fire, rapid recurrence, rapid succession, rapidity, regularity, relentlessness, reliability, repetition, resolution, rigidity, rootedness, sameliness, sameness, sang-froid, seamlessness, secureness, security, sedulity, sedulousness, sempiternity, settledness, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, singsong, slogging, smoothness, solidity, soundness, stability, stable equilibrium, stable state, staccato, stamina, standing, stasis, staunchness, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, steady nerves, steady state, steeliness, stick-to-itiveness, stubbornness, stuttering, substantiality, successiveness, survival, survivance, sustainment, systematicalness, tattoo, tenaciousness, tenacity, tie, timelessness, tirelessness, torpor, treadmill, tried-and-trueness, triedness, troth, true blue, trueness, unbrokenness, unceasingness, unchangeability, unchangingness, undeflectability, undeviation, undifferentiation, uniformity, unintermission, unintermittedness, uninterruptedness, uninterruption, unity, unrelievedness, unremittingness, unruffledness, unshakable nerves, unshakableness, unswerving attention, unvariation, unyieldingness, vibration