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Synonyms for stoop

33 synonyms
4 antonyms
4 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

crouch bend bow bend down condescend swoop

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Crouch

crouch, bend, bow, bend down, squat, curb US, cower, bend over, couch, cringe, fawn, hug, truckle

2. Condescend

condescend, swoop, come down, deign, descend, sink, fall, vouchsafe

Noun

1. Porch — the staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence

porch, piazza, veranda, verandah AU

2. Step — the threshold of a doorway; a doorstep

Other

lower, slouch, descent, hunch, stoup, stoep

Antonyms

straighten, rise, stand

All antonyms of stoop →

Definitions

v. 1
To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.
v. 2
To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?
n. 1
The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
...the entrance being at the side of the house and reached by a low front stoop with four or five risers...
n. 2
The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.

Related words

Word family: stoep
Phrases: poop stoop stoop labor

Forms

Plural: stoops → porches, piazzas, verandas, steps…
Past participle: stooped
e.g. stooped → crouched, bent, bowed, squatted…

Example sentences

bend Bend over backwards for him and he still complain.
squat Tom started doing squat thrusts in the waiting room.
crouch You need to crouch to reach the book under the sofa.
swoop He drank a full glass of moonshine in one fell swoop!

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
stoop		rising
bend		rising
squat		rising
crouch		rising
swoop		rising

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

By length

3 letters: bow¹, hug¹
4 letters: fall¹, step¹, sink¹, bend¹, curb¹, fawn¹
5 letters: lower², couch¹, porch¹, squat¹, swoop¹, hunch¹, cower², deign¹, stoup¹, stoep
6 letters: cringe¹, crouch¹, piazza³, slouch¹
7 letters: descent², descend², veranda³, truckle
8 letters: doorstep², verandah
9 letters: vouchsafe
10 letters: condescend³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lower² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: pencher
Italiano: curvarsi
Español: acurrucarse
Deutsch: neigen
Català: inclinar