firmness

1. 1.

   the muscle tone of healthy tissue

   “his muscular firmness”

   Synonymssoundness

   Broaderstrength
2. 2.

   the trait of being resolute

   “his resoluteness carried him through the battle”

   “it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work”

   Synonymsresolutenessfirmness of purposeresolveresolution

   Broadertrait

   Narrowerself-controlsteadinesssturdinessstiffnessstubbornnesssingle-mindednessadamancedecisivenessdeterminationsteadfastness
3. 3.

   the property of being unyielding to the touch

   Broaderhardness
4. 4.

   the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place

   Synonymssteadiness

   Broaderimmovability

   Narrowergranitesurenessstability

Other forms of firmness

plural

firmnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about firmness

What does firmness mean?

firmness means "the muscle tone of healthy tissue". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in firmness?

firmness has 2 syllables: firm-ness. The stress falls on "firm". In IPA it is /ˈfɝmnəs/.

What is another word for firmness?

Close synonyms include soundness, resoluteness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is firmness a common word?

firmness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.