Synonyms for stead
stɛdstead

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1. stead, position, place, lieunoun

   the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

   "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"

   Synonyms:
   stance, billet, berth, seat, lieu, place, spot, perspective, locating, plaza, station, view, post, property, space, topographic point, shoes, location, position, spatial relation, status, positioning, blank space, posture, military position, attitude, placement, home, emplacement, situation, side, piazza, office

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1. List of paraphrases for "stead":

   parentis, place

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1. Greg Dyke:

   The last thing FIFA needed was another president bringing a pile of suspicious baggage into the job, gianni comes in clean, his record as UEFA's general secretary is first class and will stand him in good stead for his new job.

2. Mark Twain:

   Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.

3. Donald Trump:

   I hope we've left in good stead, but maybe we have and maybe we haven't.

4. Stephen Miller:

   Joe Biden callously played on America’s sympathies for a small core of Afghans who worked closely in difficult conditions with American troops – left all those people nearly in Afghanistan – and then in their stead brought over 100,000 randomly selected Afghan nationals.

5. Danny Willett:

   Amateur and professional golf are very, very different but it put me in good stead, it made me believe that I could compete with the best of them.