Word Meanings - STILL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

stille; akin to D. stil, OS. & OHG. stilli, G. still, Dan. stille, Sw. stilla, and to E. stall; from the idea of coming to a stand, or 1. Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still. "Still as any stone." Chaucer.

Additional info about word: STILL

stille; akin to D. stil, OS. & OHG. stilli, G. still, Dan. stille, Sw. stilla, and to E. stall; from the idea of coming to a stand, or 1. Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still. "Still as any stone." Chaucer. 2. Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still. The sea that roared at thy command, At thy command was still. Addison. 3. Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere. "When all the woods are still." Milton. 4. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low. "A still small voice." 1 Kings xix. 12. 5. Constant; continual. By still practice learn to know thy meaning. Shak. 6. Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines. Still life. Inanimate objects. The class or style of painting which represents inanimate objects, as fruit, flowers, dead game, etc. Syn. -- Quiet; calm; noiseless; serene; motionless; inert; stagnant.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STILL)

• But
• Save
• except
• barring
• yet
• beside
• excluding
• still
• excepting
• notwithstanding
• Calm
• Smooth
• pacify
• compose
• allay
• soothe
• appease
• assuage
• quiet
• tranquilize
• Dead
• Defunct
• deceased
• departed
• gone
• inanimate
• lifeless
• insensible
• heavy
• unconscious
• dull
• spiritless
• cheerless
• deserted
• torpid
• Dumb
• Inarticulate
• mute
• silent
• Halt
• Stop
• rest
• limp
• falter
• hammer
• stammer
• demur
• dubitate
• pause
• hold
• stand still
• hesitate

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STILL)

• Count
• include
• reckon
• state
• classify
• propound
• affirm
• admit
• Rouse
• excite
• disturb
• agitate
• stir
• urge
• goad

Related words: (words related to STILL)

• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• COUNTERBRACE
  To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• LIFELESS
  Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless
• DEMURE
  good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores manners, morals ; or more prob. fr. OF. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe in a phrase preceded by de, as de 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest
• EXCEPT
  1. To take or leave out from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton. Wherein all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To object to; to protest against. Shak.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• BARRAS
  A resin, called also galipot.
• COUNTERACTIVE
  Tending to counteract.
• HAMMER LOCK
  A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his opponent.
• COUNTERFLEURY
  Counterflory.
• COUNTERVIEW
  1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx.
• ADMITTER
  One who admits.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• COUNTABLE
  Capable of being numbered.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• FALTER
  To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell.
• DESERTER
  One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• INDESERT
  Ill desert. Addison.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.