Synonyms for Stiff
stɪfstiff

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1. stiff

   That is severe which is devoid of all softness, mildness, tenderness, indulgence or levity, or (in literature and art) devoid of unnecessary ornament, amplification, or embellishment of any kind; as, a severe style; as said of anything painful, severe signifies such as heavily taxes endurance or resisting power; as, a severe pain, fever, or winter. Rigid signifies primarily stiff, resisting any effort to change its shape; a corpse is said to be rigid in death; hence, in metaphorical sense, a rigid person or character is one that resists all efforts to change the will or course of conduct; a rigid rule or statement is one that admits of no deviation. Rigorous is nearly akin to rigid, but is a stronger word, having reference to action or active qualities, as rigid does to state or character; a rigid rule may be rigorously enforced. Strict (Latin stringo, bind) signifies bound or stretched tight, tense, strenuously exact. Stern unites harshness and authority with strictness or severity; stern, as said even of inanimate objects, suggests something authoritative or forbidding. Austere signifies severely simple or temperate, strict in self-restraint or discipline, and similarly unrelenting toward others. We speak of austere morality, rigid rules, rigorous discipline, stern commands, severe punishment, harsh speech or a harsh voice, hard requirements, strict injunctions, and strict obedience. Strict discipline holds one exactly and unflinchingly to the rule; rigorous discipline punishes severely any infraction of it. The austere character is seldom lovely, but it is always strong and may be grand, commanding, and estimable.

   Synonyms:
   austere, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, morose, relentless, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, uncompromising, unmitigated, unrelenting, unyielding

   Antonyms:
   affable, bland, easy, genial, gentle, indulgent, lenient, mild, pliable, soft, sweet, tender, tractable, yielding

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1. stiff

   Synonyms:
   unbending, inflexible, rigid, unyielding, unpliant, stroux, stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, constrained, affected, starched, formal, ceremonious, difficult

   Antonyms:
   pliant, flexible, flaccid, yielding, easy, unaffected, genial, affable, unceremonious

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1. stiffnoun

   an ordinary man

   "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff"

   Synonyms:
   remains, corpse, cadaver, clay

   Antonyms:
   sober, flexile, informal, mobile, weak, irresolute, flexible

2. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remainsadjective

   the dead body of a human being

   "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

   Synonyms:
   the Great Compromiser, remains, corpse, stiff, cadaver, mud, clay

   Antonyms:
   informal, mobile, sober, flexible, irresolute, weak, flexile

3. stiffadjective

   not moving or operating freely

   "a stiff hinge"

   Synonyms:
   wet, unbendable, crocked, potent, fuddled, tight, slopped, sloshed, loaded, smashed, squiffy, soused, besotted, cockeyed, unshakable, unfaltering, soaked, steadfast, starchy, sozzled, unwavering, pie-eyed, steady, firm, plastered, strong, blind drunk, pissed, pixilated, blotto, buckram, rigid

   Antonyms:
   flexible, mobile, sober, informal, flexile, irresolute, weak

4. stiffadjective

   powerful

   "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"

   Synonyms:
   wet, unbendable, crocked, potent, fuddled, tight, slopped, sloshed, loaded, smashed, squiffy, soused, besotted, cockeyed, unshakable, unfaltering, soaked, steadfast, starchy, sozzled, unwavering, pie-eyed, steady, firm, plastered, strong, blind drunk, pissed, pixilated, blotto, buckram, rigid

   Antonyms:
   weak, sober, flexile, informal, irresolute, flexible, mobile

5. starchy, stiff, buckramadjective

   rigidly formal

   "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"

   Synonyms:
   wet, unbendable, crocked, potent, fuddled, tight, slopped, sloshed, loaded, smashed, squiffy, stiff, soused, besotted, cockeyed, unshakable, unfaltering, soaked, steadfast, starchy, sozzled, unwavering, pie-eyed, steady, firm, plastered, strong, blind drunk, pissed, pixilated, blotto, buckram, rigid

   Antonyms:
   weak, sober, flexible, flexile, informal, mobile, irresolute

6. potent, strong, stiffadjective

   having a strong physiological or chemical effect

   "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"

   Synonyms:
   stiff, slopped, pissed, steadfast, blind drunk, unfaltering, inviolable, besotted, solid, secure, buckram, warm, unassailable, pixilated, cockeyed, crocked, substantial, powerful, plastered, fuddled, tight, firm, hard, unattackable, soused, soaked, sozzled, virile, squiffy, unbendable, unshakable, blotto, unwavering, rigid, impregnable, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, strong, potent, starchy, loaded, wet, steady

   Antonyms:
   flexile, informal, mobile, sober, flexible, irresolute, weak

7. firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwaveringadjective

   marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

   "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"

   Synonyms:
   staunch, stiff, slopped, pissed, steadfast, blind drunk, unfaltering, besotted, solid, buckram, blotto, pixilated, cockeyed, truehearted, fast(a), potent, unswerving, fast, fuddled, tight, soused, bulletproof, firm, unassailable, immobile, watertight, level, loyal, sozzled, unfluctuating, squiffy, unbendable, unshakable, soaked, unwavering, crocked, rigid, plastered, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, strong, starchy, loaded, wet, regular, steady

   Antonyms:
   informal, flexile, sober, flexible, weak, irresolute, mobile

8. rigid, stiffadjective

   incapable of or resistant to bending

   "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"

   Synonyms:
   stiff, slopped, pissed, blind drunk, unfaltering, fixed, besotted, steadfast, buckram, blotto, pixilated, cockeyed, crocked, potent, fuddled, tight, firm, inflexible, soused, sozzled, starchy, squiffy, unbendable, plastered, soaked, unshakable, unwavering, rigid, unbending, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, strong, set, loaded, strict, wet, steady

   Antonyms:
   weak, flexile, flexible, mobile, sober, irresolute, informal

9. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wetadverb

   very drunk

   Synonyms:
   stiff, affluent, stringent, rigorous, fuddled, skew-whiff, flush, laughable, ladened, plastered, smashed, steamed, ludicrous, tight, blotto, firm, unbendable, blind drunk, unwavering, impish, roiled, soaked, miffed, loaded, riled, steady, buckram, nasty, strong, pie-eyed, crocked, irritated, cockeyed, derisory, potent, puckish, slopped, wet, close, nonsensical, wealthy, sealed, awry(p), prankish, soused, unshakable, pixilated, wicked, pissed, peeved, askew, sozzled, wonky, mean, implike, miserly, besotted, squiffy, slicked, compressed, idiotic, nettled, laden, stung, taut, arch, ridiculous, starchy, mischievous, steadfast, absurd, preposterous, pissed off, sloshed, rigid, annoyed, moneyed, lopsided, mingy, lactating, unfaltering

   Antonyms:
   informal, weak, sober, flexible, irresolute, mobile, flexile

10. stiffadverb

    extremely

    "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff"

    Synonyms:
    stiffly

    Antonyms:
    weak, flexible, irresolute, mobile, sober, informal, flexile

11. stiffly, stiffadverb

    in a stiff manner

    "his hands lay stiffly"

    Synonyms:
    rigidly, bolt, stiffly, stiff

    Antonyms:
    flexible, sober, flexile, irresolute, mobile, informal, weak

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1. stiffadjective

   Synonyms:
   rigid, unbending, unyielding, inflexible

2. stiffadjective

   Synonyms:
   firm, tenacious, thick, inspissated

3. stiffadjective

   Synonyms:
   stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, rigorous, severe, strict, straight-laced, stringent, peremptory, absolute, positive, austere, dogmatic, uncompromising

4. stiffadjective

   Synonyms:
   formal, constrained, ceremonious, punctilious, prim, starch, stately, chilling, frigid, in buckram

5. stiffadjective

   Synonyms:
   inelegant, cramped, harsh, crude, graceless, abrupt

6. stiffadjective

   Synonyms:
   strong, fresh

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1. stiffadjective

   Synonyms:
   inflexible, rigid, firm, unbending, inelastic, stark, impliable, rigorous, unyielding, inductile, strong, violent, forcible, inopposable, pertinacious, obstinate, tenacious, uncompromising, incompliant, constrained, formal, starched, affected, unnatural, precise, prim, ceremonious, prudish, punctilious, cramped, graceless, inelegant, (Slang) high, immoderate, large

   Antonyms:
   limber, flaccid, limp, flexible, lithe

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1. List of paraphrases for "stiff":

   rigid, steep, stiffness, fierce, harsh, severe, stone-cold, tough, hard, corpse

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1. James Collins:

   At minimum, doing it helps maintain what you have, especially as an athlete and a football player, as he’s going through a season and his bodies getting beat up, everything starts to shut down — ‘Boy, I feel stiff. I’m sore. I can’t do this.’ But if you’re doing things throughout the season, like yoga, to help maintain what you’ve established with your body, that helps you get through the season, helps reduce your chance of injury and things of that nature.

2. Ozzy Osbourne:

   Im not dying, i am recovering, its just taking a little bit longer than everyone thought it would. Im bored stiff of being stuck on a f-----g bed all day.

3. Donald Trump on Monday:

   Frankly, he's a stiff, he's not a guy who can be president. He doesn't have what it takes to be president.

4. Justin Trudeau:

   There’s other places where we’re going to have to be stiff competition to China in terms of market access (and) in terms of investments in the Global South. We need to be able to show that the Western democracies are there to make those investments and they’re as competitive to China.

5. Gerry Scimeca:

   Always, the best solution is going to be stiff penalties and jail time for people who perpetuate fraud and to try not to do anything that is going to burden the legitimate playing field with government red tape.