7-Adamant

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noun [a-duh-ment]

FULL DEFINITION

-a stone (as a diamond) formerly believed to be of impenetrable hardness

or

-an unbreakable or extremely hard substance

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Examples:

-Much to the explorers' disbelief, the scales were practically carved out of adamant.

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adjective [a-duh-ment]

FULL DEFINITION

-unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion

or

-lacking proper respect or seriousness

SYNONYMS: obstinant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, hard-nosed, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful

ANTONYMS: acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible, pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding

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Examples:

-The child was adamant about getting the new toy.

-A fan was adamant about getting Javier's autograph.

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