remain firm

1. 1.

   hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright

   “I am standing my ground and won't give in!”

   Synonymsstand

   Broaderresist

Questions about remain firm

What does remain firm mean?

remain firm means "hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright".

What is another word for remain firm?

Close synonyms include stand. 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 remain firm a common word?

remain firm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.