| staged | (adjective) written for or performed on the stage | - |
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| (adjective) deliberately arranged for effect | Synonyms: arranged |
| stagey | (adjective) having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality | Synonyms: stagy |
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| stagflationary | (adjective) characteristic of or promoting stagflation | - |
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| staggering | (adjective) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm | Synonyms: astonishing, astounding, stupefying |
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| stagnant | (adjective) not circulating or flowing | Synonyms: dead |
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| (adjective) not growing or changing; without force or vitality | Synonyms: moribund |
| stagy | (adjective) having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality | Synonyms: stagey |
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| staid | (adjective) characterized by dignity and propriety | Synonyms: sedate |
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| stainable | (adjective) capable of being stained (especially of cells and cell parts) | - |
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| stained | (adjective) marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter | - |
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| (adjective) having a coating of stain or varnish | Synonyms: varnished |
| stainless | (adjective) (of reputation) free from blemishes | Synonyms: unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished |
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| stale | (adjective) lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age | - |
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| (adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | Synonyms: cold, dusty, moth-eaten |
| stalemated | (adjective) at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions | Synonyms: deadlocked |
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| stalked | (adjective) having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk | Synonyms: pedunculate |
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| stalkless | (adjective) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk | Synonyms: sessile |
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| stalwart | (adjective) used especially of persons | Synonyms: stouthearted |
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| (adjective) dependable | Synonyms: stout |
| (adjective) having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships | Synonyms: hardy, stout, sturdy |
| staminate | (adjective) capable of fertilizing female organs | Synonyms: antheral |
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| standard | (adjective) established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence | - |
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| (adjective) conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind | - |
| (adjective) conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers | Synonyms: received |
| (adjective) commonly used or supplied | - |
| (adjective) regularly and widely used or sold | Synonyms: stock |
| standardised | (adjective) capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability | Synonyms: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized |
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| (adjective) brought into conformity with a standard | Synonyms: standardized |
| standardized | (adjective) capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability | Synonyms: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardised |
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| (adjective) brought into conformity with a standard | Synonyms: standardised |
| standby | (adjective) ready for emergency use | - |
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| standing | (adjective) (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs | - |
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| (adjective) executed in or initiated from a standing position | - |
| (adjective) (of fluids) not moving or flowing | - |
| (adjective) having a supporting base | - |
| (adjective) not created for a particular occasion | - |
| (adjective) permanent | - |
| standoffish | (adjective) lacking cordiality; unfriendly | Synonyms: offish |
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| standpat | (adjective) old-fashioned and out of date | Synonyms: fusty, nonprogressive, unprogressive |
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| stannic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing tin | Synonyms: stannous |
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| stannous | (adjective) of or relating to or containing tin | Synonyms: stannic |
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| staphylococcal | (adjective) of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria | - |
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| staple | (adjective) necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities | - |
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| star | (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: leading, prima, starring, stellar |
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| starboard | (adjective) located on the right side of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| starchless | (adjective) lacking starch | - |
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| starchlike | (adjective) resembling starch | Synonyms: amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous |
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| starchy | (adjective) consisting of or containing starch | - |
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| (adjective) rigidly formal | Synonyms: buckram, stiff |
| staring | (adjective) (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder | Synonyms: agaze |
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| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| stark | (adjective) complete or extreme | - |
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| (adjective) providing no shelter or sustenance | Synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, desolate |
| (adjective) severely simple | Synonyms: austere, severe, stern |
| (adjective) devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment | Synonyms: blunt, crude |
| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| starkers | (adjective) (British informal) stark naked | - |
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| starless | (adjective) not starry; having no stars or starlike objects | - |
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| starlike | (adjective) resembling a star | - |
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| starlit | (adjective) lighted only by stars | - |
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| starred | (adjective) marked with an asterisk | Synonyms: asterisked |
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| starring | (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: leading, prima, star, stellar |
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| starry | (adjective) abounding with or resembling stars | - |
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| starting | (adjective) appropriate to the beginning or start of an event | - |
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| (adjective) (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear | - |
| startled | (adjective) excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement | - |
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| startling | (adjective) so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm | - |
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| starved | (adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: esurient, famished, ravenous, sharp-set |
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| (adjective) suffering from lack of food | Synonyms: starving |
| starving | (adjective) suffering from lack of food | Synonyms: starved |
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| statant | (adjective) standing on four feet | - |
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| stated | (adjective) declared as fact; explicitly stated | Synonyms: declared |
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| stateless | (adjective) without nationality or citizenship | Synonyms: homeless |
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| stately | (adjective) refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | Synonyms: courtly, formal |
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| (adjective) impressive in size, manner, or appearance | Synonyms: baronial, imposing, noble |
| (adjective) of size and dignity suggestive of a statue | Synonyms: statuesque |
| statesmanlike | (adjective) marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman | Synonyms: statesmanly |
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| statesmanly | (adjective) marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman | Synonyms: statesmanlike |
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| statewide | (adjective) occurring or extending throughout a state | - |
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| static | (adjective) concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity | Synonyms: electrostatic |
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| (adjective) not in physical motion | Synonyms: inactive, motionless, still |
| (adjective) showing little if any change | Synonyms: stable, unchanging |
| stationary | (adjective) not capable of being moved | - |
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| (adjective) standing still | - |
| statistical | (adjective) of or relating to statistics | - |
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| stative | (adjective) (used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action | - |
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| statuary | (adjective) of or relating to or suitable for statues | - |
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| statuesque | (adjective) suggestive of a statue | Synonyms: Junoesque |
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| (adjective) of size and dignity suggestive of a statue | Synonyms: stately |
| statute | (adjective) enacted by a legislative body | Synonyms: codified |
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| statutory | (adjective) relating to or created by statutes | - |
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| (adjective) prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute | - |
| staunch | (adjective) firm and dependable especially in loyalty | Synonyms: steadfast, unswerving |
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| substandard | (adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm | Synonyms: deficient, inferior |
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| substantial | (adjective) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary | Synonyms: material, real |
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| (adjective) of considerable importance, size, or worth | Synonyms: significant |
| (adjective) of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something | Synonyms: substantive |
| (adjective) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | Synonyms: affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy |
| (adjective) of good quality and condition; solidly built | Synonyms: solid, strong |
| (adjective) providing abundant nourishment | Synonyms: hearty, satisfying, solid, square |
| substantiating | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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| substantiative | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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| substantival | (adjective) of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent) | - |
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| substantive | (adjective) defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established | Synonyms: essential |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something | Synonyms: substantial |
| (adjective) being on topic and prompting thought | Synonyms: meaty |
| sustainable | (adjective) capable of being sustained | - |
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| sustained | (adjective) maintained at length without interruption or weakening | - |
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| (adjective) (of an electric arc) continuous | Synonyms: free burning |
| testaceous | (adjective) relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell | - |
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| testamentary | (adjective) of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament | - |
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| testate | (adjective) having made a legally valid will before death | - |
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| thermostatic | (adjective) of or relating to a thermostat | - |
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| unadjustable | (adjective) not adjustable | - |
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| uncrystallised | (adjective) not finally or definitely formed | Synonyms: uncrystallized |
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| (adjective) without real or apparent crystalline form | Synonyms: amorphous, uncrystallized |
| uncrystallized | (adjective) not finally or definitely formed | Synonyms: uncrystallised |
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| (adjective) without real or apparent crystalline form | Synonyms: amorphous, uncrystallised |
| understaffed | (adjective) inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc. | Synonyms: short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned |
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| understandable | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: apprehensible, graspable, intelligible, perceivable |
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| understanding | (adjective) characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy | - |
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| understated | (adjective) exhibiting restrained good taste | Synonyms: unostentatious, unpretentious |
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| unestablished | (adjective) not established | - |
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| unmistakable | (adjective) clearly evident to the mind | - |
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| (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain |
| unresistant | (adjective) (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with | Synonyms: liable, nonimmune, nonresistant |
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| unstable | (adjective) lacking stability or fixity or firmness | - |
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| (adjective) subject to change; variable | Synonyms: fluid |
| (adjective) suffering from severe mental illness | Synonyms: mentally ill, unsound |
| (adjective) disposed to psychological variability | - |
| (adjective) highly or violently reactive | - |
| (adjective) affording no ease or reassurance | Synonyms: precarious |
| unstaged | (adjective) not performed on the stage | - |
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| unstained | (adjective) not stained | - |
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| (adjective) without soil or spot or stain | Synonyms: unsoiled, unspotted |
| (adjective) (of reputation) free from blemishes | Synonyms: stainless, unsullied, untainted, untarnished |
| (adjective) not having a coating of stain or varnish | Synonyms: unvarnished |
| unstarred | (adjective) not marked with an asterisk | Synonyms: unasterisked |
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| unstated | (adjective) not made explicit | Synonyms: unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, unverbalised, unverbalized, unvoiced |
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| unstatesmanlike | (adjective) not statesmanlike | - |
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| unsubstantial | (adjective) lacking material form or substance; unreal | Synonyms: insubstantial, unreal |
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| unsubstantiated | (adjective) unsupported by other evidence | Synonyms: uncorroborated |
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| upstage | (adjective) of the back half of a stage | - |
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| (adjective) remote in manner | Synonyms: aloof, distant |
| upstair | (adjective) on or of upper floors of a building | Synonyms: upstairs |
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| upstairs | (adjective) on or of upper floors of a building | Synonyms: upstair |
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| upstanding | (adjective) meriting respect or esteem | Synonyms: solid |
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| upstart | (adjective) characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue |
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| vestal | (adjective) of or relating to Vesta | - |
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| (adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous |