Synonyms for staid
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1. staidadjective

   Serious, organized, and professional; sober

   Synonyms:
   regular, steady, composed, sedate

   Antonyms:
   volatile, wild, fanciful

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1. staid

   Synonyms:
   grave, demure, steady, sober, sedate

   Antonyms:
   unsteady, flighty, indiscreet, wanton, unsedate, erratic, eccentric, agitated, discomposed, ruffled

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1. sedate, staidadjective

   characterized by dignity and propriety

   Synonyms:
   grave, sedate, solemn, sober

   Antonyms:
   indecorous, indelicate

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1. staidadjective

   Synonyms:
   sober, grave, steady, serious, sedate

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1. staidadjective

   Synonyms:
   sedate, demure, serious, settled

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1. Sarah Silverman:

   It was the perfect fit for me, and I feel like I can live life, it wasn't something where, like, now I'm happy. I'm very lucky in that I still experience highs and lows. And I think those lows are important. But I am not totally paralyzed, and, you know, it keeps me from just complete staid paralysis.

2. Christo Lombaard:

   These (evangelical) churches are quite good at tapping into traditional African sensitivities of giving expression to whatever you feel in a very bubbly manner, they're not like these very staid churches that I grew up with.