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Synonyms of the word 
FIXED → DETERMINATE - FAST - FIRM - FLAT - FROZEN - GEOSTATIONARY - GEOSYNCHRONOUS - IMMOBILE - LEADED - NONMOVING - REGRESSIVE - RIGID - SECURE - SET - STATIONARY - TAPED - UNADJUSTABLE - UNCHANGEABLE - UNMOVINGfixed- v. simple past tense and past participle of fix.
- adj. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
- adj. Stationary.
- adj. Attached; affixed.
- adj. Chemically stable.
- adj. Supplied with what one needs.
- adj. (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
- adj. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
- adj. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
- adj. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
determinate- adj. Distinct, clearly defined.
- adj. Fixed, set, unvarying.
- adj. (biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
- adj. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
- adj. (obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.
- adj. Of determined purpose; resolute.
- n. (philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
- v. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.
fast- adj. (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
- adj. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
- adj. (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now only in set phrases like "fast friend".).
- adj. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
- adj. Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
- adj. (computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
- adj. Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
- adj. (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or…
- adj. (obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
- adj. (colloquial) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
- adj. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
- adj. (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
- adv. In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved.
- adv. (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly.
- adv. Immediately following in place or time; close, very near.
- adv. Quickly, with great speed; within a short time.
- adv. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
- n. (Britain, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination,…
- interj. (archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.
- v. (intransitive) To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things,…
- n. The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
- n. The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.
firm- n. (Britain, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
- n. (business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
- n. (slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
- adj. steadfast, secure, hard (in position).
- adj. fixed (in opinion).
- adj. solid, rigid (material state).
- v. (transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.
- v. (transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
- v. (intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
- v. (intransitive) To improve after decline.
- v. (intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
- v. (transitive, Britain, slang) To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so…
flat- adj. Having no variations in height.
- adj. (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- adj. (slang) Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or…
- adj. (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- adj. (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- adj. (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- adj. Uninteresting.
- adj. Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the…
- adj. (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- adj. (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- adj. (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- adj. Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull.
- adj. Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- adj. (phonetics, dated, of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant.
- adj. (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective…
- adj. (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- adj. (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- adv. So as to be flat.
- adv. Bluntly.
- adv. (with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding.
- adv. Completely.
- adv. Directly; flatly.
- adv. (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- n. An area of level ground.
- n. (music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter…
- n. (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/tire.
- n. (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.
- n. (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.
- n. The flat part of something.
- n. A wide, shallow container.
- n. (mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded…
- n. (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- n. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- n. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- n. (US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- n. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- n. (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a…
- n. (obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.
- n. (technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts…
- v. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- v. (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- v. (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
- v. (transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
- v. (transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
- n. (chiefly Britain, New England, New Zealand and Australia, archaic elsewhere) An apartment, usually on…
frozen- adj. In the state of that which freezes; in ice form.
- adj. Immobilized.
- adj. (of a bank account) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.
- v. past participle of freeze.
geostationary- adj. At a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's surface; generally…
geosynchronous- adj. Refers to the orbit of a satellite whose rate of revolution is matched to the rotation period of the Earth…
immobile- adj. not mobile, not movable.
- adj. fixed, unable to be moved.
leaded- adj. Held in place by strips of lead.
- adj. Containing or treated with the element lead.
- adj. Containing tetraethyllead.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of lead.
nonmoving- adj. Not moving; stationary; inert.
regressive- adj. That tends to return, revert or regress.
- adj. (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the amount increases.
rigid- adj. Stiff, rather than flexible.
- adj. Fixed, rather than moving.
- adj. Rigorous and unbending.
- adj. Uncompromising.
- n. A bicycle with no suspension system.
secure- adj. Free from attack or danger; protected.
- adj. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- adj. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- adj. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- adj. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
- adj. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
- adj. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly…
- adj. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
- v. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- v. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against…
- v. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
- v. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
set- v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
- v. (transitive) To adjust.
- v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
- v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
- v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- v. (intransitive) To solidify.
- v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
- v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- v. To place or fix in a setting.
- v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
- v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
- v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
- n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
- n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
- n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
- n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
- n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
- n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
- n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
- n. A young oyster when first attached.
- n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
- n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- adj. Fixed in position.
- adj. Rigid, solidified.
- adj. Ready, prepared.
- adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
- adj. Prearranged.
- adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
- adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- n. A rudimentary fruit.
- n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
- n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- n. An object made up of several parts.
- n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
- n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- n. The scenery for a film or play.
- n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
- v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.
stationary- adj. Not moving.
- adj. incapable of being moved.
- adj. unchanging.
- n. One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor…
- n. Misspelling of stationery.
taped- v. simple past tense and past participle of tape.
unadjustable- adj. Not adjustable; that cannot be adjusted.
unchangeable- adj. Not changeable; incapable of being changed or of changing; immutable.
- n. Something that cannot be changed.
unmoving- adj. Not moving; still.
- adj. Not moving or rousing; failing to inspire the emotions.
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