All hardness synonyms

noun hardness

• firmness — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
• sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
• resoluteness — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
• perseverance — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
• backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
• constancy — Constancy is the quality of staying the same even though other things change.
• permanence — the condition or quality of being permanent; perpetual or continued existence.
• solidity — the state, property, or quality of being solid.
• durability — able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring.
• cohesion — If there is cohesion within a society, organization, or group, the different members fit together well and form a united whole.
• maturity — the state of being mature; ripeness: The fruit will reach maturity in a few days.
• aplomb — If you do something with aplomb, you do it with confidence in a relaxed way.
• determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
• assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
• adherence — Adherence is the fact of adhering to a particular rule, agreement, or belief.
• security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
• balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
• fastness — a secure or fortified place; stronghold: a mountain fastness.
• dependability — software reliability
• immobility — the quality or condition of being immobile or irremovable.
• immovability — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
• harshness — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
• strictness — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
• toughness — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
• sternness — firm, strict, or uncompromising: stern discipline.
• cruelty — Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
• acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
• rigor — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
• rigorous — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
• austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
• grimness — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
• stringency — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
• rigidity — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
• unkindness — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
• hard-hearted — unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.
• stiffness — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
• inflexibility — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
• resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
• stability — the state or quality of being stable.
• endurance — The fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.
• establishment — The action of establishing something or being established.
• severity — harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
• hardheartedness — The state of being hardhearted.
• rigour — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.