Antonyms for stable
ˈsteɪ bəlsta·ble

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1. stable

   Durable (Latin durus, hard) is said almost wholly of material substances that resist wear; lasting is said of either material or immaterial things. Permanent is a word of wider meaning; a thing is permanent which is not liable to change; as, a permanent color; buildings upon a farm are called permanent improvements. Enduring is a higher word, applied to that which resists both time and change; as, enduring fame.

   See synonyms for TRANSIENT.

   Synonyms:
   abiding, changeless, constant, durable, enduring, fixed, immutable, invariable, lasting, permanent, perpetual, persistent, steadfast, unchangeable, unchanging

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1. stable

   Antonyms:
   infirm, tottering, weak, insecure, precarious, inconstant, wavering, frail, transient, ephemeral, evanescent, unstable

   Synonyms:
   firm, established, secure, steady, constant, unwavering, durable, stanch, permanent, firmly fixed, solid, steadfast, steady, lasting, perpetual

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Husbandry
   • Shelter

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1. stable, stalls, horse barnadjective

   a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

   Antonyms:
   coseismal, tender, tippy, tottering, crank, top-heavy, wonky, changeable, cranky, unstable, seismal, reactive, unbalanced, tipsy, volatile, imbalanced, wobbly, seismic, shaky, changeful, volcanic, coseismic, explosive, rocky, rickety, unsound

   Synonyms:
   horse barn, stalls

2. stableadjective

   resistant to change of position or condition

   "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices"

   Antonyms:
   tipsy, wonky, coseismic, changeful, crank, tottering, reactive, imbalanced, volatile, explosive, wobbly, rocky, cranky, coseismal, unsound, tippy, seismal, shaky, seismic, changeable, rickety, unstable, volcanic, tender, unbalanced, top-heavy

   Synonyms:
   static, unchanging

3. stableadjective

   firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation

   "the economy is stable"

   Antonyms:
   explosive, coseismal, top-heavy, imbalanced, unstable, volatile, reactive, changeable, unbalanced, volcanic, rickety, tippy, seismic, wonky, cranky, changeful, tottering, seismal, crank, tender, rocky, unsound, coseismic, wobbly, shaky, tipsy

   Synonyms:
   static, unchanging

4. stableadjective

   not taking part readily in chemical change

   Antonyms:
   unstable, reactive, tippy, wonky, changeful, seismic, cranky, changeable, top-heavy, tender, wobbly, seismal, unsound, volatile, unbalanced, coseismal, explosive, volcanic, tottering, shaky, rocky, imbalanced, coseismic, tipsy, rickety, crank

   Synonyms:
   static, unchanging

5. stableadjective

   maintaining equilibrium

   Antonyms:
   volatile, tipsy, tippy, reactive, shaky, seismal, imbalanced, seismic, volcanic, explosive, tottering, unstable, cranky, top-heavy, crank, unbalanced, changeful, wobbly, wonky, unsound, rocky, rickety, coseismal, changeable, tender, coseismic

   Synonyms:
   static, unchanging

6. static, stable, unchangingverb

   showing little if any change

   "a static population"

   Antonyms:
   imbalanced, seismal, tipsy, cranky, seismic, tippy, wonky, unstable, coseismic, reactive, rocky, crank, wobbly, shaky, top-heavy, rickety, tottering, unsound, volatile, unbalanced, coseismal, tender, explosive, volcanic, changeful, changeable

   Synonyms:
   unchanging, static, motionless, inactive, electrostatic, still

7. stableverb

   shelter in a stable

   "stable horses"

   Antonyms:
   changeful, unsound, unbalanced, seismal, tippy, crank, top-heavy, reactive, seismic, changeable, tipsy, cranky, tender, wobbly, shaky, wonky, explosive, coseismal, volatile, tottering, rocky, unstable, imbalanced, rickety, volcanic, coseismic

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stableadjective

   Synonyms:
   steady, firm, immovable, unwavering, constant, permanent

2. stablenoun

   Synonyms:
   barn, mews

   Associated words:
   paddock, equerry

How to use stable in a sentence?

1. Shohrat Zakir:

   Today's Xinjiang is not only beautiful but also safe and stable. No matter where they are or at what time of the day, people are no longer afraid of going out, shopping, dining and traveling, there is still a long way to go for southern Xinjiang to eradicate the environment and soil of terrorism and religious extremism.

2. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus:

   We want to be a friend and partner to a sovereign, prosperous, and stable Iraq.

3. Bilingual Hirai:

   The entertainment segment has maintained profitability for 18 years straight, and as a generator of stable profit, it is a major pillar of the Sony Group.

4. Gabrielle Francis:

   The protein helps to keep the blood sugar stable so it does n’t crash and wake you up -- and then there’s herbs like St. John's Wort, passionflower and Melissa Officinalis that all help to soothe the nervous system.

5. Hawaii County Civil Defense:

   Lava flow from Fissures 7 and 21 crossed into PGV property overnight and has now covered one well that was successfully plugged. That well, along with a second well 100 feet away, are stable and secured, and are being monitored. Also due to preventative measures, neither well is expected to release any hydrogen sulfide.

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