| stabbing | (adjective) causing physical or especially psychological injury | Synonyms: wounding |
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| (adjective) painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | Synonyms: cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing |
| stabile | (adjective) not able or intended to be moved | Synonyms: immovable, immoveable, unmovable |
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| (adjective) (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change | - |
| stabilised | (adjective) made stable or firm | Synonyms: stabilized |
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| stabilising | (adjective) causing to become stable | Synonyms: stabilizing |
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| stabilized | (adjective) made stable or firm | Synonyms: stabilised |
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| stabilizing | (adjective) causing to become stable | Synonyms: stabilising |
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| stable | (adjective) resistant to change of position or condition | - |
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| (adjective) maintaining equilibrium | - |
| (adjective) firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation | - |
| (adjective) showing little if any change | Synonyms: static, unchanging |
| (adjective) not taking part readily in chemical change | - |
| staccato | (adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply | Synonyms: disconnected |
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| stacked | (adjective) arranged in a stack | - |
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| (adjective) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | Synonyms: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, voluptuous, well-endowed |
| 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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| steadfast | (adjective) firm and dependable especially in loyalty | Synonyms: staunch, unswerving |
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| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: firm, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| steadied | (adjective) made steady or constant | - |
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| steady | (adjective) not subject to change or variation especially in behavior | - |
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| (adjective) relating to a person who does something regularly | Synonyms: regular |
| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: firm, steadfast, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| (adjective) securely in position; not shaky | - |
| (adjective) not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall | Synonyms: firm, unfluctuating |
| (adjective) not easily excited or upset | - |
| steadying | (adjective) causing to become steady | - |
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| stealthy | (adjective) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | Synonyms: furtive, sneak, sneaky, surreptitious |
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| steamed | (adjective) cooked in steam | - |
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| (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, stung |
| steaming | (adjective) filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist | Synonyms: steamy |
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| steamy | (adjective) feeling great sexual desire | Synonyms: aroused, horny, randy, ruttish, turned on |
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| (adjective) hot or warm and humid | Synonyms: muggy, sticky |
| (adjective) filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist | Synonyms: steaming |
| stearic | (adjective) of or relating to or composed of fat | - |
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| steely | (adjective) resembling steel in hardness | - |
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| (adjective) resembling steel as in hardness | - |
| steep | (adjective) having a sharp inclination | - |
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| (adjective) of a slope; set at a high angle | - |
| (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious |
| steepish | (adjective) somewhat steep | - |
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| steerable | (adjective) capable of being steered or directed | Synonyms: dirigible |
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| stellar | (adjective) being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars | Synonyms: astral |
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| (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: leading, prima, star, starring |
| stellate | (adjective) arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center | Synonyms: radial, radiate |
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| stemless | (adjective) not having a stem | - |
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| (adjective) (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground | Synonyms: acaulescent |
| stemmatic | (adjective) of or relating to a textual stemma | - |
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| stemmed | (adjective) having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination | - |
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| (adjective) (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground | Synonyms: caulescent, cauline |
| (adjective) having the stem removed | - |
| stenographic | (adjective) of or relating to or employing stenography | Synonyms: stenographical |
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| stenographical | (adjective) of or relating to or employing stenography | Synonyms: stenographic |
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| stenosed | (adjective) abnormally constricted body canal or passage | Synonyms: stenotic |
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| stenotic | (adjective) abnormally constricted body canal or passage | Synonyms: stenosed |
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| stentorian | (adjective) (used of the voice or sound) deep and resonant | Synonyms: booming |
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| stepwise | (adjective) one thing at a time | Synonyms: bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step |
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| stereo | (adjective) designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels | Synonyms: stereophonic, two-channel |
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| stereophonic | (adjective) designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels | Synonyms: stereo, two-channel |
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| stereoscopic | (adjective) of or relating to stereoscopy | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a stereoscope | - |
| stereotyped | (adjective) lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality | Synonyms: stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative |
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| stereotypic | (adjective) lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality | Synonyms: stereotyped, stereotypical, unimaginative |
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