Word Meanings - STEAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

OS. stad, stedi, OHG. stat, G. statt, stätte, Icel. staedhr, Dan. sted, Sw. stad, Goth. sta, and E. stand. *163. See Stand, and cf. 1. Place, or spot, in general. Chaucer. Fly, therefore, fly this fearful stead anon. Spenser. 2. Place or room

Additional info about word: STEAD

OS. stad, stedi, OHG. stat, G. statt, stätte, Icel. staedhr, Dan. sted, Sw. stad, Goth. sta, and E. stand. *163. See Stand, and cf. 1. Place, or spot, in general. Chaucer. Fly, therefore, fly this fearful stead anon. Spenser. 2. Place or room which another had, has, or might have. "Stewards of your steads." Piers Plowman. In stead of bounds, he a pillar set. Chaucer. 3. A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead. The genial bed, Sallow the feet, the borders, and the stead. Dryden. 4. A farmhouse and offices. Note: The word is now commonly used as the last part of a compound; as, farmstead, homestead, readstead, etc. In stead of, in place of. See Instead. -- To stand in stead, or To do stead, to be of use or great advantage. The smallest act . . . shall stand us in great stead. Atterbury. Here thy sword can do thee little stead. Milton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STEAD)

• Name
• Designation
• cognomination
• appellation
• title
• fame
• reputation
• authority
• appointment
• stead
• representation

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STEAD)

• Misname
• miscall
• misdesignate
• misindicate
• hint
• suggest
• shadow
• adumbrate

Related words: (words related to STEAD)

• TITLELESS
  Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer.
• SUGGESTER
  One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.
• TITLED
  Having or bearing a title.
• SUGGEST
  1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty;
• SHADOWY
  1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
• STEAD
  OS. stad, stedi, OHG. stat, G. statt, stätte, Icel. staedhr, Dan. sted, Sw. stad, Goth. sta, and E. stand. *163. See Stand, and cf. 1. Place, or spot, in general. Chaucer. Fly, therefore, fly this fearful stead anon. Spenser. 2. Place or room
• TITLER
  A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
• SUGGESTRESS
  A woman who suggests. "The suggestress of suicides." De Quincey.
• SUGGESTION
  Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party. (more info) 1. The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea. 2. That which is suggested;
• REPUTATION
  The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case. 3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable
• SHADOWINESS
  The quality or state of being shadowy.
• APPOINTMENT
  The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. 6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever
• STEADING
  The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called
• MISCALL
  1. To call by a wrong name; to name improperly. 2. To call by a bad name; to abuse. Fuller.
• SHADOWISH
  Shadowy; vague. Hooker.
• STEADFASTNESS
  The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy. "The steadfastness of your faith." Col. ii. 5. To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. Chaucer.
• TITLE-PAGE
  The page of a book which contains it title. The world's all title-page; there's no contents. Young.
• STEADFAST
  1. Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm. "This steadfast globe of earth." Spenser. 2. Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady. "Steadfast eye." Shak. Abide steadfast unto him in the time of his
• APPELLATION
  1. The act of appealing; appeal. Spenser. 2. The act of calling by a name. 3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates.
• AUTHORITY
  1. Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• FARMSTEAD
  A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm. Tennyson. With its pleasant groves and farmsteads. Carlyle.
• DOORSTEAD
  Entrance or place of a door. Bp. Warburton.
• MARKETSTEAD
  A market place. Drayton.
• FARMSTEADING
  A farmstead. Black.
• DISSHADOW
  To free from shadow or shade. G. Fletcher.
• PREAPPOINTMENT
  Previous appointment.
• UNTITLED
  1. Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction. Spenser. 2. Being without title or right; not entitled. Shak.
• OVERSHADOW
  1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7. 2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. Milton.
• CATCH TITLE
  A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.