stand firm

1. 1.

   stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

   Synonymsresisthold outwithstand

   Broaderfight

   Narrowerstand outstand upoutbravehold offstanddefy
2. 2.

   refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief

   Synonymsstand pathold firmstand fast

   Broaderinsist

   Narrowerhunker down

Questions about stand firm

What does stand firm mean?

stand firm means "stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for stand firm?

Close synonyms include resist, hold out, withstand, stand pat, 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 firm a common word?

stand firm 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.