stand fast

1. 1.

   refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief

   Synonymsstand patstand firmhold firm

   Broaderinsist

   Narrowerhunker down

Questions about stand fast

What does stand fast mean?

stand fast means "refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief".

What is another word for stand fast?

Close synonyms include stand pat, stand firm, hold firm. 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 stand fast a common word?

stand fast 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.