Chapter Start to Stick of S by Soule's Synonymes

Stay, v. n.

1. Sojourn, tarry, abide, dwell, lodge, rest, take up one’s quarters, pitch one’s tent.

2. Remain, continue, stop, be fixed, stand still, abide fixed, halt.

3. Wait, attend, delay, linger.

4. Rest, rely, confide, trust, repose, lean.

Stay, v. a.

1. Stop, restrain, check, hold, withhold, curb, keep in, rein in, prevent.

2. Delay, obstruct, hinder, arrest.

3. Support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, shore up.

Stay, n.

1. Sojourn, delay, halt, rest, repose, stop.

2. Stand, stop.

3. Hindrance, obstruction, interruption, obstacle, impediment, check, bar, restraint, curb, stumbling-block.

4. Support, prop, staff, dependence, supporter, buttress.

Stays, n. pl. Corsets.

Stead, n. [Written also Sted] Place, room.

Steadfast, a. [Written also Stedfast.]

1. Fixed, fast, established, firm, stable.

2. Resolute, firm, steady, stanch, constant, stable, pertinacious, unwavering, unhesitating, unshaken, unreserved, implicit, faithful, resolved, persevering.

Steadily, ad. Firmly, unwaveringly, undeviatingly.