state, n. condition, plight, category, situation, pa.s.s, predicament, circ.u.mstances; rank, quality; pomp, grandeur, magnificence; commonwealth; canton. a.s.sociated Words: federal, federalist, federalism, federalize, confederate, confederation, gerrymander, secession.

state, v. a.s.sert, affirm, aver, allege, say, specify, declare.

statehouse, n. capitol.

stately, a. imposing, dignified, august, pompous, majestic, formal.

statement, n. a.s.sertion, affirmation, specification, avowal, averment, narration, dictum.

station, n. standing, rank, status; depot; situation, place.

statue, n. image; acrolith, caryatid; xoanon. a.s.sociated Words: sculpture, statuary, sculptor, statuesque, figurine, esquisse.

status, n. standing, rank, station, condition.

statute, n. law. a.s.sociated Words: statutable, statutory, purview.

stay, v. sojourn, tarry, lodge, remain, continue, abide; support, prop, b.u.t.tress, brace, uphold, strengthen; delay, obstruct, hinder, restrain, appease, withhold, forbear, withstand, impede, r.e.t.a.r.d.

stay, n. sojourn, abidance, stop; dependence, support, upholder; impediment, hindrance, obstruction, restraint.

steadfast, a. firm, fixed; constant, unswerving, unwavering, stanch, unshaken.

steady, a. steadfast, constant; stable, firm, fixed; unremitted, constant, uniform, undeviating. Antonyms: intermittent, infrequent, occasional, inconstant, unsteady.

steal, v. pilfer, filch, peculate, purloin, poach, abstract, rob, defraud, pirate, plunder, crib, pillage, rapine loot, thieve, embezzle, peculate, plagiarize; insinuate, creep furtively, go stealthily, sneak, slink, skulk; ratten.

stealer, n. See thief.

stealing, n. theft, larceny, robbery, pilfering, peculation, thievery, abstraction, looting, cribbing, rapine, depredation, surreption, piracy, plundering, pillage, embezzlement, peculation, shop lifting, plagiarism. a.s.sociated Words: light-fingered, booty, spoil, plunder, loot, swag, spoils, predatory, fence, kleptomania.

stealthy, a. clandestine, sly, secret, furtive, skulking, underhand.

steam, n. vapor, reek, fume, emanation, effluvium, exhalation, stufa.

steam organ. calliope.

steel, n. a.s.sociated Words: siderotechny, siderurgy, bessemerize, Bessemer, damaskeen, damask.

steel, v. fortify, brace, nerve.

steel-engraving, n. siderography.

steep, a. precipitous, abrupt, sheer, perpendicular: (Slang) excessive, immoderate.

steep, n. precipice, cliff, abrupt declivity; escarpment, scarp.

steep, v. soak, macerate, imbrue, infuse.

steeple, n. spire, tower, turret; minaret.

steer, v. guide, pilot, control, govern.

steerable, a. dirigible.

steering, n. guiding. a.s.sociated Words: tiller, rudder, helm.

steersman, n. helmsman, pilot, c.o.c.kswain.

stem, n. trunk, body; peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk, culm; root, etymon, radical, radix, theme.

stem, v. oppose, withstand, breast, resist, check.

stench, n. fetor, stink.

stenography, n. phonography, shorthand.

step, n. pace; stair, round; footstep, footprint, footmark, track; grade, degree, gradation; measure, action, procedure, expedient; stride (a long step).

step, v. pace, stride.

stepmother, n. a.s.sociated Word: novercal.

steps, n. pl. stairs; stile; perron.

sterile, a. barren, infecund, unproductive, unfruitful, unprolific.

sterility, v. barrenness, infecundity, unproductiveness. a.s.sociated words: sterilize, sterilization.

stern, a. austere, rigorous, exacting, strict, hard-hearted.

sternness, n. austerity, severity, rigor, strictness.

stew, n. (Colloq.) confusion, agitation; ragout.

steward, n. purveyor; major-domo; seneschal, dapifer; manciple.

stewpan, n. skillet.

stick, n. switch, rod, birch; billet; f.a.got; wand; cane, staff, walking-stick; club, cudgel; goad, gad; gambrel, garrot, ferule, skewer, batlet; stake; boomerang, woomerah; stab, thrust; maul-stick; sprag; pl. chatwood.

stick, v. pierce, stab, penetrate, impale, transfix, gore; insert, thrust, push, infix; paste, cement, glue, attach, affix; cleave, cling, adhere, remain, abide; stall; hesitate, scruple; adhere, agglutinate, glutinate, cohere; pose, puzzle, disconcert; stick out, project, jut, protrude. (Slang) impose upon, cheat.

sticker, n. poster; label; adhesive, glue, cement, mucilage, paste, agglutinant; (Colloq.) puzzle, poser.

stickiness, n. adhesiveness, viscosity, tenacity, cohesiveness, glutinousness.

sticking, n. adhesion, adherence, coherence, cleaving, cohesion, agglutination.