Entry Word: fixed

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having been established and usually not subject to change <the baseball card dealerʼs prices were fixed, so bargaining was not an option>

Synonyms certain, determinate, final, firm, flat, frozen, hard, hard-and-fast, set, settled, stable

Related Words nonadjustable, nonnegotiable, unchangeable; constant, steady, unchanging, uniform, unwavering; definite, exact, explicit, specific; stated, stipulated

Near Antonyms adjustable, changeable, negotiable; indefinite, unspecified

2 not capable of changing or being changed <interest accrues at a fixed rate> — see inflexible 1