Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun adamance
1 sense of adamance
Sense 1
adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness -- (resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible)
=> resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution -- (the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work")