Antonyms for stable
ˈsteɪ bəlsta·ble

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1. stable

   Durable (Latin durus, hard) is said almost wholly of material substances that resist wear; lasting is said of either material or immaterial things. Permanent is a word of wider meaning; a thing is permanent which is not liable to change; as, a permanent color; buildings upon a farm are called permanent improvements. Enduring is a higher word, applied to that which resists both time and change; as, enduring fame.

   See synonyms for TRANSIENT.

   Synonyms:
   abiding, changeless, constant, durable, enduring, fixed, immutable, invariable, lasting, permanent, perpetual, persistent, steadfast, unchangeable, unchanging

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1. stable

   Antonyms:
   infirm, tottering, weak, insecure, precarious, inconstant, wavering, frail, transient, ephemeral, evanescent, unstable

   Synonyms:
   firm, established, secure, steady, constant, unwavering, durable, stanch, permanent, firmly fixed, solid, steadfast, steady, lasting, perpetual

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Husbandry
   • Shelter

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1. stable, stalls, horse barnadjective

   a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

   Antonyms:
   coseismal, tender, tippy, tottering, crank, top-heavy, wonky, changeable, cranky, unstable, seismal, reactive, unbalanced, tipsy, volatile, imbalanced, wobbly, seismic, shaky, changeful, volcanic, coseismic, explosive, rocky, rickety, unsound

   Synonyms:
   horse barn, stalls

2. stableadjective

   resistant to change of position or condition

   "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices"

   Antonyms:
   tipsy, wonky, coseismic, changeful, crank, tottering, reactive, imbalanced, volatile, explosive, wobbly, rocky, cranky, coseismal, unsound, tippy, seismal, shaky, seismic, changeable, rickety, unstable, volcanic, tender, unbalanced, top-heavy

   Synonyms:
   static, unchanging

3. stableadjective

   firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation

   "the economy is stable"

   Antonyms:
   explosive, coseismal, top-heavy, imbalanced, unstable, volatile, reactive, changeable, unbalanced, volcanic, rickety, tippy, seismic, wonky, cranky, changeful, tottering, seismal, crank, tender, rocky, unsound, coseismic, wobbly, shaky, tipsy

   Synonyms:
   static, unchanging

4. stableadjective

   not taking part readily in chemical change

   Antonyms:
   unstable, reactive, tippy, wonky, changeful, seismic, cranky, changeable, top-heavy, tender, wobbly, seismal, unsound, volatile, unbalanced, coseismal, explosive, volcanic, tottering, shaky, rocky, imbalanced, coseismic, tipsy, rickety, crank

   Synonyms:
   static, unchanging

5. stableadjective

   maintaining equilibrium

   Antonyms:
   volatile, tipsy, tippy, reactive, shaky, seismal, imbalanced, seismic, volcanic, explosive, tottering, unstable, cranky, top-heavy, crank, unbalanced, changeful, wobbly, wonky, unsound, rocky, rickety, coseismal, changeable, tender, coseismic

   Synonyms:
   static, unchanging

6. static, stable, unchangingverb

   showing little if any change

   "a static population"

   Antonyms:
   imbalanced, seismal, tipsy, cranky, seismic, tippy, wonky, unstable, coseismic, reactive, rocky, crank, wobbly, shaky, top-heavy, rickety, tottering, unsound, volatile, unbalanced, coseismal, tender, explosive, volcanic, changeful, changeable

   Synonyms:
   unchanging, static, motionless, inactive, electrostatic, still

7. stableverb

   shelter in a stable

   "stable horses"

   Antonyms:
   changeful, unsound, unbalanced, seismal, tippy, crank, top-heavy, reactive, seismic, changeable, tipsy, cranky, tender, wobbly, shaky, wonky, explosive, coseismal, volatile, tottering, rocky, unstable, imbalanced, rickety, volcanic, coseismic

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stableadjective

   Synonyms:
   steady, firm, immovable, unwavering, constant, permanent

2. stablenoun

   Synonyms:
   barn, mews

   Associated words:
   paddock, equerry

How to use stable in a sentence?

1. Chad Houser:

   So much that we focus on as an organization is to provide...( a) stable and consistent ecosystem of support, it has also continued to provide income for them. When we have millions of people filing for unemployment, it's one less issue that they have to deal with.

2. Park Jong-dae:

   The surge of smaller players gives tough times to beauty giants like Amorepacific. By contrast, this is a favorable environment for OEMs, while brand companies have up and downs, OEMs garner stable earnings. They are most suited to the industry's structural changes - Asian growth and diversified distribution channels.

3. Danya Keene:

   Even though the conditions in many public housing developments are in dramatic need of improvement, we do know that public housing provides an important source of stable and affordable housing, particularly for the poorest of the poor.

4. Buenos Aires-based:

   Argentina has the resources, but in order to transform them into reserves and making projects... a series of clear and stable rules is needed.

5. Friday Gabriel:

   We Social Democrats are the stable factor in this federal government, without us, the German government would already be paralyzed due to the argument within the CDU and CSU (over migrants) and our country would be in major difficulties.

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