Word Meanings - STABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government. In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is stable. Rogers. 2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose;

Additional info about word: STABLE

1. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government. In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is stable. Rogers. 2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character. And to her husband ever meek and stable. Chaucer. 3. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position. Stable equibrium , the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former position, as in the case when the center of gravity is below the point or axis of support; -- opposed to unstable equilibrium, in which the body if disturbed does not tend to return to its former position, but to move farther away from it, as in the case of a body supported at a point below the center of gravity. Cf. Neutral equilibrium, under Neutral. Syn. -- Fixed; steady; constant; abiding; strong; durable; firm.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STABLE)

• Durable
• Lasting
• permanent
• stable
• persistent
• abiding
• constant
• continuing
• Fast
• Firm
• secure
• fixed
• steadfast
• unyielding
• Unswerving
• rapid
• accelerated
• wild
• reckless
• dissipated
• pay
• strong
• solid
• established
• rooted
• immovable
• robust
• unshaken
• sturdy
• resolute
• determined
• decided
• attached
• Solid
• Hard
• firm
• compact
• resistant
• dense
• substantial
• weighty
• valid
• just
• sound
• impenetrable
• cubic
• Sure
• Certain
• safe
• assured
• unmistakable
• knowing
• believing
• confident
• trusting
• unquestioning
• positive
• unfailing
• enduring
• infallible
• indisputable
• fast

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STABLE)

• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free

Related words: (words related to STABLE)

• KNOWINGLY
  1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype. 2. By experience. Shak.
• ASSURER
  1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
• CONTINUABLE
  Capable of being continued
• CONTINUANT
  Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n.
• SOLIDARE
  A small piece of money. Shak.
• TRUSTEE
  A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects
• TRUSTY
  1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. His trusty sword he called to his
• INDISPUTABLE
  Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute. Syn. -- Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure; infallible. -- In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*dis"pu*ta*bly,
• UNMISTAKABLE
  Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
• LAST
  of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. Chaucer.
• IMPENETRABLENESS
  The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• RAPID
  1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. Milton. 2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth;
• DISSIPATIVE
  Tending to dissipate. Dissipative system , an assumed system of matter and motions in which forces of friction and resistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed to
• LASTERY
  A red color. Spenser.
• LASTE
  of Last, to endure. Chaucer.
• DENSE
  1. Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog. All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare. Ray.
• KNOWINGNESS
  The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.
• TRUST COMPANY
  Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
• SOUNDER
  One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
• PROPLASTIC
  Forming a mold.
• POSTABLE
  Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu.
• PREKNOWLEDGE
  Prior knowledge.
• RECONTINUANCE
  The act or state of recontinuing.
• ODONTOPLAST
  An odontoblast.
• INTESTABLE
  Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
• HIGH-SOUNDING
  Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• RESOUND
  resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
• EVERLASTINGLY
  In an everlasting manner.
• TABID
  Affected by tabes; tabetic. In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative. Arbuthnot. -- Tab"id*ly, adv. -- Tab"id*ness, n.
• SELF-TRUST
  Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
• PROOTIC; PROOETIC
  In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. -- n.