Dripping water wears away a stone not with its strength, but with its constancy.
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Constancy
//ˈkɑnstənsi//
Synonyms for "constancy" (237 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (48)
abidingnessaccordanceadherenceadhesionageallegianceantiquityaplombapplicationassiduityassiduousnessattachmentbalancebalanced personalitybona fidesbondbonne foibulldog tenacitycalmceaselessness
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changelessnesschatteringclockwork regularitycoeternitycommitmentconcentrationconsecutivenessconsistencyconsonanceconstant flowcontinualnesscontinuancecontinuitycontinuousnesscoolcorrespondencedaily rounddedicationdefeat of timedefiance of timedeterminationdevotednessdevotiondiligencedingdongdiuturnitydogged perseverancedoggedness
Strong matches (71)
dronedurabilitydurablenessdurationendlessnessenduranceengrossmentequabilityequanimityequilibriumeternalnesseternityeven paceeven tenorevennessever-duringnesseverlastingnessevernessfaithfaithfulness
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fastnessfealtyfeaturelessnessfidelityfirmnessfirmness of mindfixednessflintinessforevernessfortitudefrozennessfullnessgaplessnessgood faithhardeninghomagehomeostasishomogeneityimmobilityimmovabilityimmovablenessimmutabilityimperturbabilityincessancyindefatigabilityindestructibilityindustriousnessindustryinfinite durationinfinityinflexibilityinsistenceinsistencyinterminabilityinvariabilityinvariablenessinveteracyjointlessnesslastingnesslong standinglong-lastingnesslong-livednesslongevityloyaltymaintenancemethodicalnessmonolithismmonologuemonotonemonotonousnessmonotony
Related words (118)
nervenever-endingnessnoninterruptionobstinacyorderlinessoscillationpatiencepatience of jobperdurabilityperennationperennialityperennialnesspermanencepermanencyperpetualnessperpetuityperseverancepersistencepersistencypertinaciousness
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pertinacityplenitudeploddingpluggingpreoccupationpulsationpunctualityquick firequiescencerapid firerapid recurrencerapid successionrapidityregularityrelentlessnessreliabilityrepetitionresolutionrigidityrootednesssamelinesssamenesssang-froidseamlessnesssecurenesssecuritysedulitysedulousnessself-controlsempiternitysettlednesssingle-mindednesssingleness of purposesingsongsloggingsmoothnesssoliditysoundnessstabilitystable equilibriumstable statestaccatostaminastandingstasisstaunchnessstaying powersteadfastnesssteadinesssteady nervessteady statesteelinessstick-to-itivenessstubbornnessstutteringsubstantialitysuccessivenesssurvivalsurvivancesustainmentsystematicalnesstattootenaciousnesstenacitytietimelessnesstirelessnesstorportreadmilltried-and-truenesstriednesstrothtrue bluetruenessunbrokennessunceasingnessunchangeabilityunchangingnessundeflectabilityundeviationundifferentiationuniformityunintermissionunintermittednessuninterruptednessuninterruptionunityunrelievednessunremittingnessunrufflednessunshakable nervesunshakablenessunswerving attentionunvariationunyieldingnessvibration
Noun(2 words)
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39 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπλάνεια noun (quality of being constant)
Bulgarian
2 entries- постоянство noun (quality of being constant)
- устойчивост noun (quality of being constant)
Catalan
1 entries- constància noun (quality of being constant)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 坚定不移 noun (quality of being constant)
- 恒心 noun (quality of being constant)
Finnish
4 entries- muuttumattomuus noun (quality of being constant)
- ominaisuus noun (unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing)
- pysyvyys noun (quality of being constant)
- vakaus noun (quality of being constant)
French
1 entries- constance noun (quality of being constant)
Galician
2 entries- constancia noun (quality of being constant)
- constancia noun (unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing)
German
3 entries- Ausdauer noun (unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing)
- Beständigkeit noun (quality of being constant)
- Konstanz noun (quality of being constant)
Greek
2 entries- σταθερότητα noun (quality of being constant)
- σταθερότητα noun (unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing)
Irish
3 entries- diongbháil noun (quality of being constant)
- diongbháilteacht noun (quality of being constant)
- seasmhacht noun (quality of being constant)
Italian
1 entries- costanza noun (quality of being constant)
Latin
4 entries- firmitas noun (quality of being constant)
- firmitas noun (unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing)
- firmitas noun (unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing)
- firmitudo noun (quality of being constant)
Macedonian
1 entries- постојаност noun (quality of being constant)
Māori
1 entries- tūmautanga noun (quality of being constant)
Portuguese
2 entries- constância noun (quality of being constant)
- constância noun (unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing)
Russian
1 entries- постоя́нство noun (quality of being constant)
Sanskrit
1 entries- धृति noun (quality of being constant)
Spanish
2 entries- constancia noun (quality of being constant)
- constancia noun (unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing)
Tagalog
2 entries- kaliguhan noun (quality of being constant)
- ligo noun (quality of being constant)
Welsh
2 entries- cysondeb noun (quality of being constant)
- cysondeb noun (unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
To the moon we owe not only beautiful full-moon nights and, sometimes, dark new-moon nights — and so many optical illusions on the horizon, if we believe the moon to be a huge ball in the sky — but also the constancy of our weather, the constancy of solar radiation and the basis of our existence: that for millions of years we have been able to live here in reasonable conditions.
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In Daoism, to not know constancy is a tragedy.
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A little Water cleares vs of this deed. How eaſie is it then? your Conſtancie Hath left you vnattended.
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