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unswerving

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

Not deviating; not yielding or straying or varying.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They followed the ritual with unswerving faith.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

firm and dependable especially in loyalty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a steadfast ally
  • a staunch defender of free speech
  • unswerving devotion
  • unswerving allegiance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: steadfast, staunch

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex
  • a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: undeviating

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English swerving English unswerving From un- + swerving.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неотклонен (neotklonen) — not deviating
  • Bulgarian: непоколебим (nepokolebim) — not deviating
  • Dutch: onwankelbaar — not deviating
  • Dutch: rechtdoor — not deviating
  • French: indéfectible — not deviating
  • French: inébranlable — not deviating
  • Greek: απαρέγγλιτος (aparénglitos) — not deviating
  • Māori: hakohako — not deviating
  • Māori: ngākau titikaha — not deviating
  • Occitan: imbrandable — not deviating
  • Occitan: indefectible — not deviating
  • Occitan: invariable — not deviating