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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'stiff' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) stiff
an ordinary man
Synonyms: remains, corpse, cadaver, clay
Antonyms: sober, flexile, informal, mobile, weak, irresolute, flexible

2. (adj) cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains
the dead body of a human being
Synonyms: the Great Compromiser, remains, corpse, stiff, cadaver, mud, clay
Antonyms: informal, mobile, sober, flexible, irresolute, weak, flexile

3. (adj) stiff
not moving or operating freely
Synonyms: wet, unbendable, crocked, potent, fuddled, tight, slopped, sloshed, loaded, smashed, squiffy, soused, besotted, cockeyed, unshakable, unfaltering, soaked, steadfast, starchy, sozzled, unwavering, pie-eyed, steady, firm, plastered, strong, blind drunk, pissed, pixilated, blotto, buckram, rigid
Antonyms: flexible, mobile, sober, informal, flexile, irresolute, weak

4. (adj) stiff
powerful
Synonyms: wet, unbendable, crocked, potent, fuddled, tight, slopped, sloshed, loaded, smashed, squiffy, soused, besotted, cockeyed, unshakable, unfaltering, soaked, steadfast, starchy, sozzled, unwavering, pie-eyed, steady, firm, plastered, strong, blind drunk, pissed, pixilated, blotto, buckram, rigid
Antonyms: weak, sober, flexile, informal, irresolute, flexible, mobile

5. (adj) starchy, stiff, buckram
rigidly formal
Synonyms: wet, unbendable, crocked, potent, fuddled, tight, slopped, sloshed, loaded, smashed, squiffy, stiff, soused, besotted, cockeyed, unshakable, unfaltering, soaked, steadfast, starchy, sozzled, unwavering, pie-eyed, steady, firm, plastered, strong, blind drunk, pissed, pixilated, blotto, buckram, rigid
Antonyms: weak, sober, flexible, flexile, informal, mobile, irresolute

6. (adj) potent, strong, stiff
having a strong physiological or chemical effect
Synonyms: stiff, slopped, pissed, steadfast, blind drunk, unfaltering, inviolable, besotted, solid, secure, buckram, warm, unassailable, pixilated, cockeyed, crocked, substantial, powerful, plastered, fuddled, tight, firm, hard, unattackable, soused, soaked, sozzled, virile, squiffy, unbendable, unshakable, blotto, unwavering, rigid, impregnable, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, strong, potent, starchy, loaded, wet, steady
Antonyms: flexile, informal, mobile, sober, flexible, irresolute, weak

7. (adj) firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
Synonyms: staunch, stiff, slopped, pissed, steadfast, blind drunk, unfaltering, besotted, solid, buckram, blotto, pixilated, cockeyed, truehearted, fast(a), potent, unswerving, fast, fuddled, tight, soused, bulletproof, firm, unassailable, immobile, watertight, level, loyal, sozzled, unfluctuating, squiffy, unbendable, unshakable, soaked, unwavering, crocked, rigid, plastered, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, strong, starchy, loaded, wet, regular, steady
Antonyms: informal, flexile, sober, flexible, weak, irresolute, mobile

8. (adj) rigid, stiff
incapable of or resistant to bending
Synonyms: stiff, slopped, pissed, blind drunk, unfaltering, fixed, besotted, steadfast, buckram, blotto, pixilated, cockeyed, crocked, potent, fuddled, tight, firm, inflexible, soused, sozzled, starchy, squiffy, unbendable, plastered, soaked, unshakable, unwavering, rigid, unbending, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, strong, set, loaded, strict, wet, steady
Antonyms: weak, flexile, flexible, mobile, sober, irresolute, informal

9. (adverb) besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet
very drunk
Synonyms: stiff, affluent, stringent, rigorous, fuddled, skew-whiff, flush, laughable, ladened, plastered, smashed, steamed, ludicrous, tight, blotto, firm, unbendable, blind drunk, unwavering, impish, roiled, soaked, miffed, loaded, riled, steady, buckram, nasty, strong, pie-eyed, crocked, irritated, cockeyed, derisory, potent, puckish, slopped, wet, close, nonsensical, wealthy, sealed, awry(p), prankish, soused, unshakable, pixilated, wicked, pissed, peeved, askew, sozzled, wonky, mean, implike, miserly, besotted, squiffy, slicked, compressed, idiotic, nettled, laden, stung, taut, arch, ridiculous, starchy, mischievous, steadfast, absurd, preposterous, pissed off, sloshed, rigid, annoyed, moneyed, lopsided, mingy, lactating, unfaltering
Antonyms: informal, weak, sober, flexible, irresolute, mobile, flexile

10. (adverb) stiff
extremely
Synonyms: stiffly
Antonyms: weak, flexible, irresolute, mobile, sober, informal, flexile

11. (adverb) stiffly, stiff
in a stiff manner
Synonyms: rigidly, bolt, stiffly, stiff
Antonyms: flexible, sober, flexile, irresolute, mobile, informal, weak


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'stiff' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. stiff
That is severe which is devoid of all softness, mildness, tenderness, indulgence or levity, or (in literature and art) devoid of unnecessary ornament, amplification, or embellishment of any kind; a
Synonyms: severe, austere, inflexible, rigorous, uncompromising, hard, morose, stern, unmitigated, harsh, relentless, stiff, unrelenting, inexorable, rigid, strict, unyielding
Antonyms: affable, easy, gentle, lenient, pliable, sweet, tractable, bland, genial, indulgent, mild, soft, tender, yielding


'stiff' - Nearby Entries  

stiffen  stiffening  stiff gentian  stiff  stiffly  stiff-necked  stiffness  



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