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fixed
CIDE DICTIONARY
fixed, a.
- Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. [1913 Webster]
- Stable; non-volatile. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
fixed
abiding, absolute, acknowledged, admitted, admitting no exception, agreed, aground, aligned, all up with, all-out, anchored, arranged, arrayed, arrested, ascertained, assigned, assorted, assured, at a standstill, at anchor, attached, attested, authenticated, beat, beaten, bent, bested, bonded, borne out, categorical, categorized, caught, cemented, certain, certified, chained, changeless, charmed, chronic, circumscribed, circumscript, circumstantiated, classified, clear, close, complete, composed, concentrated, conclusive, concrete, conditional, confirmed, confounded, constant, constituted, continuing, conventional, cooked-up, corroborated, crooked, customary, cut out, cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry, dead-still, decided, decisive, deep-dyed, deep-fixed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, defeated, defined, definite, definitive, delimited, demarcated, demonstrated, deployed, detailed, determinate, determined, different, discomfited, dishonest, disposed, distinct, distinguished, done for, done in, down, downright, durable, dyed-in-the-wool, embosomed, emplaced, enchanted, encircled, enduring, ensconced, enthralled, entire, esoteric, especial, established, exceptional, exclusive, explicit, express, extraordinary, fallen, fascinated, fast, fastened, final, firm, flat, flat-out, flinty, floored, folk, framed, frozen, given, global, glued, graded, gripped, grouped, guaranteed, habitual, hallowed, handed down, harmonized, hedged about, held, heroic, high and dry, hoary, hors de combat, hypnotized, idle, immemorial, immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, impacted, implanted, implicit, in apple-pie order, in commission, in condition, in fine fettle, in good condition, in good form, in good shape, in good trim, in kilter, in order, in repair, in shape, in the bag, in the pink, in trim, in working order, inalterable, inappealable, incorrigible, inculcated, indisputable, individual, inextricable, infixed, inflexible, ingrained, inner, installed, instilled, intact, intent, intimate, invariable, inveterate, inviolate, irremovable, irreversible, jammed, lambasted, lasting, lathered, legendary, licked, limited, located, long-established, long-standing, loyal, made sure, marshaled, mesmerized, methodized, minute, moored, motionless, moveless, mythological, nailed down, narrow, never-failing, normalized, noteworthy, obstinate, of long standing, of the folk, on ice, on the skids, open-and-shut, oral, ordered, orderly, organized, out of commission, out-and-out, outdone, outright, overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, packed, panicked, particular, peremptory, perfect, permanent, perpetual, persistent, personal, placed, planned, planted, plotted, positioned, positive, posted, prearranged, precise, preconcerted, precontrived, premeditated, preordered, prescriptive, private, proved, proven, provisional, provisory, put to rout, put-up, quiescent, ranged, ranked, rapt, received, recognized, regular, regularized, regulated, remaining, resolute, resolved, respective, restricted, riding at anchor, rigged, rigid, riveted, rooted, round, routed, routinized, ruined, scattered, schemed, seated, secure, secured, set, set-up, settled, settled in habit, several, shown, silenced, singular, situate, situated, skinned, skinned alive, solid, solipsistic, sorted, sot, special, specific, specificative, specified, spellbound, spotted, stable, stacked, stampeded, standardized, staple, stated, static, stationary, stationed, statuelike, staunch, staying, steadfast, steady, steely, still, stipulated, stipulatory, stock-still, straight, straight-out, stranded, stubborn, stuck, stuck fast, substantiated, surrounded, sustained, synchronized, systematized, taped, tenacious, tested, tethered, thorough, tied, tight, time-honored, to rights, torpid, total, traditional, transfixed, tried, tried and true, trimmed, trounced, true, true-blue, unalterable, unaltered, unbending, unblinking, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, undeflectable, understood, undestroyed, undeviating, undistracted, undivided, undone, undoubting, unemployed, unequivocal, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflappable, unflinching, unhampered, unhesitating, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unmodifiable, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted, unshaken, unshifting, unswerving, unvaried, unvarying, unwaivable, unwavering, unwritten, unyielding, up to scratch, up to snuff, upset, utter, validated, venerable, verified, warranted, wedged, whelmed, whipped, whole, without exception, without reserve, worshipful, worstedROGET THESAURUS
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Habit
N habit, habitude, assuetude, assuefaction, wont, run, way, common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things, matter of course, beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground, prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice, prevalence, observance, conventionalism, conventionality, mode, fashion, vogue, etiquette, order of the day, cry, conformity, consuetude, dustoor, one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae, laudator temporis acti, rule, standing order, precedent, routine, red-tape, red-tapism, pipe clay, rut, groove, cacoethes, bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit, addiction, trick, training, seasoning, second nature, acclimatization, knack, habitual, accustomary, prescriptive, accustomed, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, consuetudinary, wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot, well-trodden, well-known, familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped, prevailing, prevalent, current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited, of course, admitted, understood, conformable, according to use, according to custom, according to routine, in vogue, in fashion, in, with it, fashionable, wont, used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated, in the habit of, habitue, at home in, seasoned, imbued with, devoted to, wedded to, hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted, permanent, inveterate, besetting, naturalized, ingrained, habitually, always, as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards, more suo, more solito, ex more, as a rule, for the most part, usually, generally, typically, most often, most frequently, cela s'entend, abeunt studia in mores, adeo in teneris consuescere multum est, consuetudo quasi altera natura, hoc erat in more majorum, How use doth breed a habit in a man!, magna est vis consuetudinis, morent fecerat usus.Intrinsicality
N intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion, subjectiveness, ego, egohood, essence, noumenon, essentialness, essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul, important part, principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis, diathesis, habit, temper, temperament, spirit, humor, grain, disposition, endowment, capacity, capability, moods, declensions, features, aspects, peculiarities, idiosyncrasy, oddity, idiocrasy, diagnostics, derived from within, subjective, intrinsic, intrinsical, fundamental, normal, implanted, inherent, essential, natural, innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought, coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic, radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent, congenital, congenite, connate, running in the blood, ingenerate, ingenite, indigenous, in the grain, bred in the bone, instinctive, inward, internal, to the manner born, virtual, characteristic, invariable, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed, intrinsically, at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond, fairly, character is higher than intellect, come give us a taste of your quality, magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna, non numero haec judicantur sed pondere, vital spark of heavenly flame.Stability
N stability, immutability, unchangeability unchangeableness, constancy, stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb, establishment, fixture, rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin, permanence, obstinacy, unchangeable, immutable, unaltered, unalterable, not to be changed, constant, permanent, invariable, undeviating, stable, durable, perennial, fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced, confirmed, valid, fiducial, immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted, settled, established, vested, incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable, tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock, firmly seated, firmly established, deep-rooted, ineradicable, inveterate, obstinate, transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded, stuck, jammed, unremovable, quiescent, deterioration, indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable, incommutable, irresoluble, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, inextinguishable, irreducible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous, insusceptible, insusceptible of change, Int, stet, littera scripta manet.Quiescence
N quiescence, rest, stillness, quiescence, stagnation, stagnancy, fixity, immobility, catalepsy, indisturbance, quietism, quiet, tranquility, calm, repose, peace, dead calm, anticyclone, statue-like repose, silence, not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring, sleep, pause, lull, stand still, standing still, lock, dead lock, dead stop, dead stand, full stop, fix, embargo, resting place, gite, bivouac, home, pillow, haven, goal, quiescent, still, motionless, moveless, fixed, stationary, immotile, at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, stock, still, standing still, sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home, becalmed, stagnant, quiet, unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled, calm, restful, cataleptic, immovable, sleeping, silent, still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death, vegetative, vegetating, at a stand, tout court, at the halt, Int, stop!, stay!, avast!, halt!, hold hard!, whoa!, hold!, sabr karo!, requiescat in pace, Deus nobis haec otia fecit, the noonday quiet holds the hill.For further exploring for "fixed" in Webster Dictionary Online