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Synonyms for stable

Most common

steady solid strong secure

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.

    He was in a stable relationship.

  2. n. 1

    A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.

    There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.

Forms

Plural
stables → barns, mewses, stalls, strings…

Example sentences

  • solid Water is liquid. It becomes solid when it freezes.
  • secure The fortress was secure from every kind of attack.
  • steady Jack and Betty have been going steady for a month.
  • lasting We're counting on it lasting longer than a minute.
  • fixed The date and place of the meeting have been fixed.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
stablesteady
solidsteady
securesteady
steadysteady
lastingsteady
fixedsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
sure1, firm1, barn1, mews
5 letters
solid2, fixed1, rigid2, stall1
6 letters
strong1, secure2, string1, steady2, static2
7 letters
regular3, lasting2, durable3
8 letters
constant2, balanced2, enduring3, immobile3
9 letters
permanent3, perpetual4, steadfast2, horsebarn
10 letters
stationary4, unchanging3
11 letters
established3, substantial3
12 letters
unchangeable

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (solid2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
stable
Español
estable
Deutsch
stabil