Steady
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English
Adjective
Steady (comparative steadier, superlative steadiest)
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Verb
Steady (third-person singular simple present steadies, present participle steadying, simple past and past participle steadied)
- To stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.
Thesaurus
abiding, accordant, adamantine, ageless, alike, alternate, appease, ardent, arranged, articulated, assiduous, automatic, balance, balanced, ballast, beating, beau, beloved, bovine, boyfriend, brace, bulky, businesslike, calculable, calm, calm down, captive, catch, catenated, ceaseless, certain, changeless, chattering, circling, civilized, coeternal, compose, concatenated, confirmed, connected, conquest, consistent, consonant, constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, controlled, cool, coolheaded, coquette, correspondent, counterbalance, cradle, customer, cyclic, cyclical, date, dateless, dense, dependable, devoted, dignified, diligent, direct, dispassionate, dogged, down-to-earth, dulcify, dull, durable, ease, endless, enduring, epochal, equable, equal, eternal, eterne, even, even out, even-tempered, ever-being, ever-durable, ever-during, everlasting, everliving, every other, fail-safe, faithful, faithworthy, fast, featureless, fiducial, firm, firm as Gibraltar, firm up, firmly, fixed, flame, flat, flinty, flirt, formal, freeze, frequenter, gal, gapless, gentle, guaranteed, guy, habitual, habitue, hard, harmless, harmonious, hold, hold fast, homogeneous, honey, hush, immediate, immemorial, immobilize, immovable, immutable, impassive, imperturbable, in equilibrium, in hand, inalterable, inamorata, inamorato, incessant, indefatigable, indestructible, indomitable, industrious, inexcitable, infinite, inflexible, inirritable, insistent, interminable, intermittent, invariable, inveterate, invincible, invulnerable, isochronal, joined, jointless, keep, ladylove, lasting, level, level-headed, liege, linked, long-standing, lover, loyal, lull, machine gun, man, marble-constant, massive, measured, mechanical, methodic, methodical, metronomic, mollify, monolithic, monotonous, nail down, nerveless, never-ceasing, never-ending, never-failing, never-tiring, nonstop, nonterminating, nonterminous, normal, obstinate, of a piece, olamic, ordered, orderly, oscillating, oscillatory, pacify, patient, patient as Job, perdurable, perennial, periodic, periodical, permanent, perpetual, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, pin down, plodding, plugging, poise, poised, pour balm into, predictable, preoccupied, pulsating, pulsing, quell, quiet, rapid, rapt, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, regular, relaxed, relentless, reliable, remaining, repeated, repetitive, resolute, rest, retain, rhythmic, riskless, robotlike, rock, rock to sleep, rock-steady, rotary, round-the-clock, routine, rugged, running, seamless, seasonal, secure, sedate, sedulous, sempiternal, sensible, serial, serious, serried, set, settled, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, sober, socialize, solid, solidly, soothe, sophisticated, sot, sound, stabile, stabilitate, stabilize, stable, staccato, staid, staunch, staying, steadfast, steady-handed, steady-nerved, steel-nerved, steely, stick, sticking, still, stoic, stolid, stout, straight, strengthen, strong, strong-nerved, stubborn, sturdy, stuttering, subdue, substantial, support, sure, surefire, sustained, sweet patootie, sweetheart, sweetie, symmetrical, systematic, tenacious, timeless, tireless, tough, tranquilize, transfix, true, true-blue, truelove, trustworthy, trusty, twenty-four-hour, unabating, unbending, unblenching, unblinking, unbroken, unceasing, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unconquerable, undangerous, undaunted, undeflectable, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiscouraged, undisturbable, undiversified, undrooping, undulant, undulatory, undying, unending, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflappable, unflinching, unhazardous, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unirritable, unnervous, unnodding, unpassionate, unperilous, unprecarious, unqualified, unquestioning, unquivering, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unrelieved, unremitting, unrisky, unruffled, unshakable, unshaken, unshaky, unshrinking, unsleeping, unstopped, unstrained, unswerving, untiring, untremulous, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, usual, utterly attentive, vamp, vampire, vibrating, warranteed, wavelike, weariless, well-balanced, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, well-ordered, well-regulated, wheeling, wholehearted, without a tremor, without end, without nerves, woman
Etymology
From Middle English stede, stedi < Old English staeththig < staeth (“stead, bank”). Confer Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, German stätig, stetig.
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External links
- Steady in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Steady in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Steady at OneLook Dictionary Search
