Steady

//ˈstɛdi//

Synonyms for "steady" (517 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (104)

brace constant firm regular secure sure sweetheart unfaltering unwavering abiding accordant adamantine adjust ageless alike alternate appease ardent arranged articulated

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Adjective(9 words)

dreich solid sullen abstemious bloody-minded consistent constant continuate dogged

Verb(3 words)

becalm brace calm

Strong matches (155)

epochal equable equal eternal eterne even even out even tempered even-tempered ever-being ever-durable ever-during everlasting everliving every other fail-safe faithful faithworthy fast featureless

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fiducial firm as gibraltar firm up firmly fix fixed flame flat flinty flirt formal freeze frequent frequenter gal gapless gentle girl friend gradual guaranteed guy habitual habitue hard harmless harmonious heavy hold hold fast homogeneous honey hush immediate immemorial immobilize immovable immutable impassive imperturbable in equilibrium in hand inalterable inamorata inamorato incessant indefatigable indestructible indomitable industrious inexcitable infinite inflexible inirritable insistent intent interminable intermittent invariable inveterate invincible invulnerable isochronal joined jointless keep laborious ladylove lasting level level-headed liege linked long-standing lover loyal lull machine gun man marble-constant massive measured mechanical methodic methodical metronomic moderate mollify monolithic monotonous nail down nerveless never ending never-ceasing never-ending never-failing never-tiring nonstop nonterminating nonterminous normal obstinate of a piece olamic old ordered orderly oscillating oscillatory pacify patient patient as job peaceful perdurable perennial periodic periodical permanent

Adjective(17 words)

equable equal even even-keeled even-tempered fluid frequent glacial hardheaded inert intransigent irrefragable lethargic monotonous obstinate obstreperous peevish

Adjective(1 words)

firm

Related words (258)

perpetual perseverant persevering persistent persisting pertinacious pin down plodding plugging poise poised pour balm into predictable preoccupied pulsating pulsing quell quiet rapid rapt

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reciprocal recurrent recurring relaxed relentless reliable remaining repeated repetitive resolute rest retain rhythmic rhythmical riskless robotlike rock rock to sleep rock-steady rocky rotary round-the-clock routine rugged running seamless seasonal sedate sedulous sempiternal sensible serial serious serried set settled single minded single-minded sleepless slogging smooth smooth down smooth over smoothen sober socialize solid solidly soothe sophisticated sot sound stabile stabilitate stabilize stable staccato staid static staunch staying steadfast steadied steadily steady going steady-handed steady-nerved steel-nerved steely stick sticking still stoic stolid stout straight strengthen strong strong-nerved stubborn sturdy stuttering subdue substantial support surefire surefooted sustained sweet patootie sweetie symmetrical systematic temperate tenacious timeless tireless tough tranquil tranquilize transfix true true blue true-blue truelove trustworthy trusty twenty-four-hour unabating unbending unblenching unblinking unbroken unceasing unchangeable unchanged unchanging unconquerable undangerous undaunted undeflectable undeviating undifferentiated undiscouraged undisturbable undiversified undrooping undulant undulatory undying unending unexcitable unfailing unflagging unflappable unflinching unfluctuating unhazardous unhurried uniform unintermitted unintermittent unintermitting uninterrupted unirritable unnervous unnodding unpassionate unperilous unprecarious unqualified unquestioning unquivering unrelaxing unrelenting unrelieved unremitting unrisky unruffled unshakable unshaken unshaky unshrinking unsleeping unstopped unstrained unswerving untiring untremulous unvaried unvarying unwearied unwearying unwinking unyielding usual utterly attentive vamp vampire vibrating voluble warranteed wavelike weariless well-balanced well-built well-constructed well-founded well-grounded well-made well-ordered well-regulated wheeling wholehearted without a tremor without end without nerves woman

Adjective(27 words)

ponderous refractory regular remiss rigid robust samely slow sluggish stable stately staunch steady pom pi pi subglacial temperate thwart torpid tranquil uncheckered uniform

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unspeedy untottering unvaried unvarying unyielding voluble wayward

Adjective(8 words)

regular steadfast stiff unbendable unfaltering unfluctuating unshakable unwavering

Verb(2 words)

stabilise stabilize

Adverb(1 words)

steadily

Noun(3 words)

sweetheart sweetie truelove

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

8 entries

beef up fortify homogeneous lover orderly stabilise stabilize strengthen

More specific

10 entries

Change:Of sound:Other:changeless flat immutable level monotone monotonic repetitive

Antonyms

2 entries

unsteady

Synonyms

7 entries

brace constant regular steadily sweetheart unfaltering unfluctuating

derived

24 entries

go steady land of steady habits non-quasi-steady ready, steady, go rock steady rock-steady slow and steady wins the race steadily steadiness steady Eddie steady as a rock steady as she goes steady hand at the tiller steady hand on the tiller steady on steady pom pi pi

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derived from

2 entries

stathe stead

manner of

1 entries

stabilize

related to

16 entries

boyfriend bumpy customer even girlfriend prostitute regular resolute rest slow smooth stabilize stable steadfast support unagitated

similar

28 entries

dependable even firm footsure frequent level regular resolute rock-steady secure stable steadied

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Translations

88 translations across 32 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

βέβαιος adj (firm)

Arabic

1 entries

ثابت adj (firm)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

müntəzəm adj (constant in purpose or action)

Bulgarian

4 entries

неотклонен adj (constant in purpose or action)
постоянен adj (constant in purpose or action)
равен adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)
равномерен adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)

Catalan

1 entries

ferm adj (firm)

Chinese

1 entries

在 adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

穩定 /稳定 adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)

Czech

2 entries

klidný adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)
plynulý adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)

Dutch

2 entries

gestaag adj (slow)
stabiliseren verb (to stabilize)

Finnish

4 entries

vakaa adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)
vakaa adj (regular and even)
vakaa adj (slow)
tasapainottaa verb (to stabilize)

French

2 entries

lisse adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)
régulier adj (regular and even)

German

3 entries

stetig adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)
stetig adj (regular and even)
stabilisieren verb (to stabilize)

Hindi

4 entries

अटल adj (firm)
अविचल adj (firm)
तटस्थ adj (firm)
दृढ़ adj (firm)

Italian

4 entries

costante adj (constant in purpose or action)
fermo adj (firm)
fidato adj (firm)
regolare adj (constant in purpose or action)

Japanese

2 entries

安定した adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)
着実 adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)

Latin

1 entries

stabilis adj (firm)

Middle English

3 entries

stedefast adj (firm)
stedefast adj (constant in purpose or action)
stith adj (firm)

Māori

4 entries

māhoi adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)
māhoi adj (regular and even)
mārō adj (constant in purpose or action)
pāmārō adj (constant in purpose or action)

Occitan

4 entries

fèrm adj (constant in purpose or action)
regular adj (regular and even)
afermir verb (to stabilize)
estabilizar verb (to stabilize)

Plautdietsch

3 entries

bestendich adj (constant in purpose or action)
stendich adj (firm)
stendich adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)

Portuguese

3 entries

estável adj (firm)
regular adj (regular and even)
estabilizar verb (to stabilize)

Romanian

2 entries

ferm adj (constant in purpose or action)
fixat adj (firm)

Russian

2 entries

усто́йчивый adj (smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions)
усто́йчивый adj (regular and even)

Sanskrit

1 entries

धीर adj (firm)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cunbhalach adj (regular and even)
seasmhach adj (regular and even)

Spanish

4 entries

estable adj (firm)
fijo adj (regular and even)
firme adj (constant in purpose or action)
firme adj (regular and even)

Swedish

1 entries

stadig adj (firm)

Thai

1 entries

มั่นคง adj (firm)

Turkish

1 entries

sabit adj (firm)

Ukrainian

1 entries

ста́лий adj (regular and even)

Urdu

1 entries

ثابت adj (firm)

Uyghur

1 entries

مۇقىم adj (regular and even)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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Steady the boat so we can get on safely.

Source: tatoeba (28481)

Slow and steady wins the race.

Source: tatoeba (30131)

You've got to get a steady job.

Source: tatoeba (32511)

How about going steady with me?

Source: tatoeba (33573)

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