Firm

Noun

 * 1)  A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
 * 2)  A business enterprise, however organized.
 * 3)  A criminal gang

Adjective

 * 1) steadfast, secure, hard (in position)
 * 2) * It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
 * 3) fixed (in opinion)
 * 4) * He was firm that selling his company would a good choice and didn't let anyone talk him out of it.
 * 5) solid, rigid (material state)

Verb

 * 1)  To make firm or strong; fix securely.
 * 2)  To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
 * 3)  To become firm; stabilise.
 * 4)  To improve after decline.
 * 5)  Aust. To shorten (of betting odds).

Adjectives for Firm
salvaging; futile; magnanimous; munificent; enterprising; business; successful; mercantile; bankrupt.

Verbs for Firm
alter—; associate with—; bankrupt—; designate—; establish—; head—; indict—; join —; manage—; supervise—; —advises; — agrees; —delivers; —dissolves; —engages; —perishes; —promotes; —sells; —solicits; —trades; —transacts.

Adverbs for Firm
stably; dependably; securely; safely; sufficiently; satisfactorily; immovably; obdurately; stubbornly; severely; wisely; care fully; affectionately; paternally; desperately; sullenly; relentlessly; pitilessly; curiously; remorselessly; primly; priggishly; officially; professionally; vexatiously; unnecessarily; resolutely; decisively; emphatically; remarkably; singularly; particularly; uncommonly.

Synonyms for Firm
solid, strong, enduring, steadfast, steady, fixed, unyielding, tenacious, unfaltering, resolute, rugged, sturdy, stable, constant.

Antonyms for Firm
weak, yielding, unsettled, loose, wobbling, defective, untied, deficient, unfastened, irresolute, wavering, unconnected, slack, unstable, disjointed.

Derived terms

 * firm up
 * firmish
 * firmly
 * firmness
 * firmware

Thesaurus
Aktiengesellschaft, CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, Christian, abiding, accepted, adamant, adamantine, agency, airtight, aktiebolag, anchored, anneal, approved, at a standstill, atelier, authentic, authoritative, balance, balanced, ballast, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bench, body corporate, bonded, bristling, bulky, business, business establishment, butcher shop, calcify, calculable, callous, canonical, cartel, case harden, cast-iron, cemented, certain, chamber of commerce, changeless, close, close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, combine, commercial enterprise, compact, compacted, compagnie, company, compressed, concentrated, concern, concrete, condensed, congested, conglomerate, conglomerate corporation, consistent, consolidate, consolidated, consolidating company, consortium, constant, continuing, conventional, cool, copartnership, cornify, corporate body, corporation, correct, counterbalance, crammed, crammed full, crawling, crowded, customary, decided, decisive, definite, dense, dependable, desk, determine, determined, devoted, diversified corporation, dogged, dour, durable, dustproof, dusttight, enduring, enterprise, establish, established, establishment, evangelical, exact, explicit, facility, fail-safe, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fastened, fiducial, firm as Gibraltar, firm up, firmly, fixed, fixedly, flat, flinty, fossilize, freeze, frozen, full, fundamentalist, gasproof, gastight, glued, gluey, going, grim, guaranteed, hard, hard-core, harden, harmless, heavy, hermetic, hermetically sealed, hidebound, hold, holding company, house, immobile, immobilize, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, impenetrable, impermeable, imperturbable, implacable, impliable, in equilibrium, indurate, industry, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, infrangible, installation, institution, intact, intransigent, invincible, inviolate, invulnerable, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, irreconcilable, irremovable, jam-packed, jammed, joint-stock association, joint-stock company, keep, lapidify, lasting, lightproof, lighttight, literal, lithify, loft, loyal, made of iron, marble-constant, massive, moored, muscle-bound, nail down, never-failing, nonporous, obdurate, obstinate, of the faith, oilproof, oiltight, operating company, organization, orthodox, orthodoxical, ossify, outfit, packed, parlor, partnership, pat, permanent, perpetual, persistent, petrify, pin down, plunderbund, pokerlike, pool, populous, positive, predictable, prevailing, procrustean, proper, proprietorship, public utility, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, quiescent, rainproof, raintight, ramrodlike, received, relentless, reliable, remaining, renitent, resolute, resolve, resolved, retain, right, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, riskless, rock-ribbed, rockbound, rodlike, rugged, scriptural, sealed, secure, serried, set, set on, set up, set upon, settle down, settled, shop, shut fast, smokeproof, smoketight, snug, solid, solidify, solidly, sot, sound, specific, stabilitate, stabilize, stable, standard, standpat, starched, starchy, stated, static, stationary, staunch, staying, steadfast, steadfastly, steady, steel, steely, stern, stick, stiff, stiff as buckram, stipulated, stock company, stormproof, stormtight, stout, straightlaced, straitlaced, strict, strong, stubborn, stuck, studio, sturdy, substantial, sure, surefire, sustained, swarming, sweatshop, syndicate, taped, taut, teeming, temper, tenacious, tense, textual, thick, thick-growing, thickset, tight, tightly, torpid, tough, toughen, trade association, traditional, traditionalistic, transfix, true, true-blue, trust, trustworthy, trusty, unaffected, unalterable, unaltered, unbending, unbreakable, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, uncompromising, undangerous, undeflectable, undestroyed, undeviating, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflappable, unflinching, ungiving, unhazardous, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unperilous, unprecarious, unqualified, unrelaxed, unrelenting, unrisky, unshakable, unshakeable, unshaken, unshifting, unswerving, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unyielding, utility, virgate, viscid, viscose, viscous, vitrify, warranteed, water-repellant, waterproof, watertight, wedged, well-balanced, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, windproof, windtight, without nerves, work site, work space, workbench, workhouse, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable

Etymology 1
From Firma:, from  firma:, from firmare:, from  firmare:, from firmus:; possibly conflated with  firma:, from  feorm:. More at.

Etymology 2
ferme < ferme <  firmus = (strong, steady)

Noun

 * Arabic: شركة تجارية
 * Bosnian: firma
 * Chinese:
 * Czech:
 * German:
 * Greek: εταιρία, επιχείρηση


 * Manx: colught
 * Polish:
 * Russian: фирма
 * Serbian:
 * Volapük: fiam

Adjective

 * Estonian:
 * Greek:, στιβαρός


 * Latin:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, seasmhach


 * Czech: nepoddajný
 * Estonian: veendunud
 * Greek:, ακράδαντος


 * Latin: firmus
 * Scottish Gaelic: seasmhach


 * Czech: ,
 * German: fest


 * Greek:, ,
 * Latin: firmus

Verb

 * Czech: upevnit
 * Finnish:


 * Greek: σταθεροποιώ


 * Finnish: ,


 * Greek: στερεώνω


 * Finnish:


 * Greek: στερεώνω


 * Czech: ztvrdnout
 * Finnish: lujittua


 * Greek: σταθεροποιούμαι, στεριώνω


 * Finnish: vahvistua


 * Greek: σταθεροποιούμαι

Anagrams

 * fMRI
 * frim, FRIM