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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STEADFAST, STEDFAST, a. [stead and fast.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" [syn: firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering]
2: firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance" [syn: steadfast, staunch, unswerving]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English stedefast, from Old English stedefæst, from stede + fæst fixed, fast Date: before 12th century 1. a. firmly fixed in place ; immovable b. not subject to change <the steadfast doctrine of original sin — Ellen Glasgow> 2. firm in belief, determination, or adherence ; loyal <her followers have remained steadfast> Synonyms: see faithful • steadfastly adverb • steadfastness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. constant, firm, unwavering. Derivatives: steadfastly adv. steadfastness n. Etymology: OE stedefæst (as STEAD, FAST(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Steadfast Stead"fast, a. [Stead + fast, that is, fast in place.] [Written also stedfast.] 1. Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm. ``This steadfast globe of earth.'' --Spenser. 2. Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady. ``Steadfast eye.'' --Shak. Abide steadfast unto him [thy neighbor] in the time of his trouble. --Ecclus. xxii. 23. Whom resist steadfast in the faith. --1 Pet. v. 9.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone is steadfast in something that they are doing, they are convinced that what they are doing is right and they refuse to change it or to give up. He remained steadfast in his belief that he had done the right thing. ADJ: oft ADJ in n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. [Written also Stedfast.] 1. Fixed, fast, established, firm, stable. 2. Resolute, firm, steady, stanch, constant, stable, pertinacious, unwavering, unhesitating, unshaken, unreserved, implicit, faithful, resolved, persevering.

Moby Thesaurus

abiding, accordant, adamant, age-long, aged, alike, ancient, antique, ardent, assiduous, automatic, balanced, calculable, changeless, chronic, committed, consistent, consonant, constant, continuing, continuous, cool, correspondent, dedicated, deep-rooted, dependable, determined, devoted, diligent, diuturnal, dogged, durable, enduring, equable, equal, even, evergreen, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fiducial, firm, firm as Gibraltar, fixed, flat, flinty, frozen, hardy, homogeneous, immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, imperturbable, in equilibrium, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intact, intransient, invariable, inveterate, invincible, inviolate, irremovable, lasting, level, liege, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, loyal, macrobiotic, marble-constant, measured, mechanical, methodic, monolithic, never-failing, never-tiring, obdurate, obstinate, of a piece, of long duration, of long standing, ordered, orderly, patient, patient as Job, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, predictable, preoccupied, quiescent, rapt, regular, relentless, reliable, remaining, resolute, resolved, rigid, robotlike, secure, sedulous, sempervirent, set, settled, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, smooth, solid, sot, sound, stable, static, stationary, staunch, staying, steady, steely, stubborn, substantial, sure, surefire, sustained, systematic, tenacious, tested, tireless, torpid, tough, tried, tried and true, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, unabating, unaltered, unbending, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, unconquerable, undaunted, undeflectable, undestroyed, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiscouraged, undiversified, undrooping, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflappable, unflinching, uniform, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unmovable, unnodding, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unruffled, unshakable, unshaken, unshifting, unsleeping, unswerving, untiring, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vital, weariless, well-balanced, well-founded, well-grounded, wholehearted, without nerves