Word Meanings - DURABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness. Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. Prov.
Additional info about word: DURABLE
Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness. Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. Prov. viii. 18. An interest which from its object and grounds must be so durable. De Quincey. Syn. -- Lasting; permanent; enduring; firm; stable; continuing; constant; persistent. See Lasting.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DURABLE)
- Stable
- firm
- established
- secure
- steady
- constant
- unwavering
- durable
- stanch
- permanent
- firmly fixed
- solid
- steadfast
- lasting
- perpetual
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DURABLE)
Related words: (words related to DURABLE)
- SOLIDARE
A small piece of money. Shak. - STANCH
akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make 1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. Iron or a stone - LAST
of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. Chaucer. - EXPOSER
One who exposes or discloses. - LASTERY
A red color. Spenser. - LASTE
of Last, to endure. Chaucer. - STANCHLESS
1. Incapable of being stanched, or stopped. 2. Unquenchable; insatiable. Shak. - STABLENESS
The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability. - SOLIDUNGULA
A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidæ. - STABLEBOY; STABLEMAN
A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler. - EXPOSEDNESS
The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation. - FIXTURE
Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person - CONSTANTIA
A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony. - SECURER
One who, or that which, secures. - BETRAYAL
The act or the result of betraying. - SECURENESS
The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security. - EXPOSE
1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them - SOLIDUNGULATE
See SOLIPED - ESTABLISHMENTARIAN
One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character. Shipley. - SOLIDATE
To make solid or firm. Cowley. - PROPLASTIC
Forming a mold. - POSTABLE
Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu. - ODONTOPLAST
An odontoblast. - INTESTABLE
Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone. - REFIX
To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller. - EVERLASTINGLY
In an everlasting manner. - CONSTABLESS
The wife of a constable. - AFFIX
figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to - LABIOPLASTY
A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing a lost tissue of a lip. - APLASTIC
Not plastic or easily molded. - EMPLASTER
See WISEMAN (more info) plaster or salve, fr. Gr. - STOMATOPLASTIC
Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed. - DEFIX
To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt. - MONOPLAST
A monoplastic element. - AFFIXION
Affixture. T. Adams. - WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.