You must stick to your promise.
Source: tatoeba (16813)
Stick
/stɪk/
Synonyms for "stick" (857 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (172)
Noun(21 words)
twigadh...adhereadheringadhesive stickadvocateaffix instruction targetaffixesagglutinateattachattach a photobackbarsbatonsbogsbond to earthbranchcanecanescleaving
Show 1 more word
abideabide withabradeacidacuminateaddleadhereadhere toadvocateaeroplaneaffixagglomerateairplaneallalpenstockaltogetheramalgamateamazeantidepressantapply
Show 118 more words
armarticulateassertataracticathletic supporterattachaugerbackbackbonebackcountrybackingbackwashbackwaterbackwoodsbafflebalancebalkbalk atballastbamboozlebandeaubarbare polebarkbatonbattenbatten downbayonetbe effectivebe keenbe stillbeambearbear upbear withbearerbeatbeetlebeguilebeguile ofbewilderbidebilkbilletbindbirchbiscuitbiteblackjackbleedbleed whiteblemishblindblokebloodyboardboardingboggleboltbondbonebonnetboondocksboosterborebrabracebracerbracketbranchbrassierebravebrazebrazen outbreakbring upbring up shortbristlebristle withbroachbrookbrook no denialbucklebuffalobulgebunchbuncoburdenburnbushbuttbuttonbuttresscanecappercarriercatchcease firecementcervixchafechapchargecheatcheckchipchiselchousechouse out ofclapclapboardclaspclawcleatcleavecleave toclenchclinch
Strong matches (257)
clingcling toclipclotclubclusterclutchcoagulatecoalescecoastcogcog the dicecoherecome up fightingcome up shortconconfederateconfoundconfusecongeal
Show 196 more words
conglomerateconk outconnectconsolidatecontendcontinuecooperatecordcordwoodcorsetcounterbalancecountersinkcozencrackcrackercrazecribcrookcrosiercrosscross-staffcrutchcrutch-stickcutdaggerdazedealdeclinedefenddefrauddemurdepositdiapasondiddlediedie harddiethyltryptaminedigdig indimethyltryptaminedirkdisplaydo indo out ofdovetaildraw updriftwooddrilldrivedropdustdwellembraceempierceencumberendureestablisheuchreexactlyexploitextendfastenfellowferulefetch upfinaglefirewoodfirmfirm upfixflagstaffflamfleeceflimflamfloorfobfoundation garmentfracturefrayfrazzlefreezefreeze tofretfuddlefudgefulcrumfusegaggagegallganjagashgeezergetgirdlegluego deadgo throughgoregougegouge outgrapplegraspgrassgripgripegrow togethergullgumguyguywiregyphallucinogenhalthandstaffhanghang firehang inhang in therehang onhang on tohang togetherhang toughhardwoodhashhashishhasphavehave an edgehayheisthemphingehinterlandhitchhocushocus-pocusholdhold fasthold onhold on tohold outhold tighthold togetherhold upholehoneycombhookhughurtimmobilizeimpaleimpose onin totoinciseingotinjureinsertinsistinsist oninsist uponjabjamjelljibjockjockstrapjoinjoin forcesjointjustjut outkavakeepkeep hold ofkeep in suspensekeep quietknifelaceratelancelastlatchlathlathinglathworklaylicklie stilllingerlituuslive throughlive through itlive withlive with itlocklodge
Related words (428)
Verb(23 words)
Noun(30 words)
loglsdlumberlumplump itmacemaimmainstaymaintainmaintainermake mincemeat ofmanmarijuanamark timemassmastmaulmazemeltmerge
Show 355 more words
mescalmescal beanmescal buttonmescalinemetronomemilkmind altering drugmind expanding drugmind-altering drugmind-blowing drugmind-expanding drugmiremisconstructionmisinterpretationmisreadingmisunderstandingmitermonochordmorning glory seedsmortisemuddlemugmulctmummymusic standmutemutilatemystifynailnail downneckneedlenever let gonever say dienipnonplusnot back downnot breathenot give upnot stirnot submitobtrudeoverchargeoverhangoverpriceovertaxpack the dealpaddlepandybatpanelboardpanelingpanelworkparchmentparkpartspastepastoral staffpaterissapegpenetrateperforateperplexperseverepersistpersonpeyotepiercepigeonpikepinpin downpinkpitch pipeplaceplankplankingplopplungeplunge inplunge intoplunkplyboardplywoodpointerpokepoke outpoleponiardposepositpostpotpractice fraud uponpressprickprickleprodprofiteerprojectpropprotrudepsilocinpsilocybinpsychedelicpsychic energizerpsychoactive drugpsychochemicalpsychotomimeticpull uppunchpuncheonpuncturepurelypushputput upput up withpuzzlequarterstaffquiterabbetramramprattanreamream outrecoilreeferreinforcereinforcementreinforcerremainremain firmremain motionlessrendreposerestresting placeretainrhythmometerriddleriggingriprivetroachrobrodrookrootrulerrunrun throughrupturesabersaddle withsavagescaldscamscapescarfscorchscotchscrapescratchscrewscruplescuffseatsee it throughseizesell gold brickssetsettlesewshaftshakeshavesheathingsheathing boardsheetingshillshillelaghshingleshortchangeshouldershoveshrink fromshroudshysideboardsidingsinkskewerskinslabslashslatslaughterslitsnapsoaksoftwoodsoldersolidifysonometersparspearspikespinespitsplatsprainspritsputter and stopstabstabilitatestabilizestack the cardsstaffstakestalkstallstandstand bystand faststand firmstand forstand no nonsensestand onstand outstand stillstand the gaffstand upstanding riggingstaplestationstavestaystay it outstay putstay the distancestay with itsteadystemstick atstick bystick closestick faststick itstick it outstick of woodstick outstick tostick to itstick togetherstick upstick up forstick with itsticklestiffenerstilettostingstitchstomachstopstop deadstop shortstovewoodstrainstrengthenerstrike rootstripstumblestumpsubmitsuffersupportsupportersurchargesustainsustainerswagger stickswanking sticksweatswindleswitchswordtacktaketake a divetake exception totake hold oftake no denialtake roottake up withtake what comestaptapetarryteatearthe boondocksthe bushthe countrythe sticksthimblerigthree-by-fourthrowthrow a fightthrusttietimbertimberingtimberworktoggletoleratetone measurertonguetotallytotem poletough it outtranquilizertransfixtranspiercetraumatizetread watertreetrepantrephinetuning bartuning forktuning pipetwigtwo-by-fourunifyuniteupholderurgeutterlyvictimizewaitwalking stickwandweatherboardwedgeweedweigh downweldwhollywirewoodwork togetherwoundwrenchzipper
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: twig, abide, abide with, abrade, acid.
- Sentence evidence is available for stick, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "stick".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "stick"
Keep "stick" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "stick" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "stick", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "stick" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
71 entriesShowing 16 of 71 words.
More specific
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Collocations
12 entriesglue stickhockey stickstick figurestick insectstick of butterstick to the factsstick to the planstick to the rubricstick to your goalsstick up forstick with itwalking stick
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
267 translations across 97 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- stok noun (long piece of wood)
Albanian
1 entries- shkop noun (long piece of wood)
Arabic
4 entries- إِصْبَع noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- عصاية noun (long piece of wood)
- عَصاية noun (long piece of wood)
- عَصًا noun (long piece of wood)
Armenian
1 entries- փայտ noun (long piece of wood)
Aromanian
2 entries- hig verb (to press into with a sharp point)
- nhig verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Assamese
4 entries- টাঙোন noun (long piece of wood)
- বাৰি noun (long piece of wood)
- লাখুটি noun (long piece of wood)
- লাঠী noun (long piece of wood)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- çubuq noun (long piece of wood)
- batırmaq verb (to press into with a sharp point)
- sancmaq verb (to press into with a sharp point)
- saplamaq verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Bashkir
1 entries- таяҡ noun (long piece of wood)
Belarusian
2 entries- кій noun (long piece of wood)
- па́лка noun (long piece of wood)
Bengali
2 entries- কাঠি noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- লাঠি noun (long piece of wood)
Bulgarian
4 entries- калъ́п noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- лост noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- па́лка noun (long piece of wood)
- пръ́чка noun (long piece of wood)
Burmese
1 entries- တုတ် noun (long piece of wood)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- паліця noun (long piece of wood)
Catalan
4 entries- barra noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- bastó noun (long piece of wood)
- garrot noun (long piece of wood)
- ficar verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- دار noun (long piece of wood)
- گێڕ noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- چەقاندن verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Chechen
1 entries- ӏаса noun (long piece of wood)
Chickasaw
1 entries- itti' noun (long piece of wood)
Chinese
2 entries- бон noun (long piece of wood)
- гун noun (long piece of wood)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 棍 noun (long piece of wood)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 棍 noun (long piece of wood)
- 棍子 noun (long piece of wood)
- 棒 noun (long piece of wood)
Church Slavic
2 entries- кꙑи noun (long piece of wood)
- палица noun (long piece of wood)
Czech
4 entries- hůl noun (long piece of wood)
- kostka noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- palice noun (long piece of wood)
- tyč noun (long piece of wood)
Danish
4 entries- gearstang noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- kæp noun (long piece of wood)
- pind noun (long piece of wood)
- stang noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
Dutch
2 entries- stok noun (long piece of wood)
- stok noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
Esperanto
2 entries- bastono noun (long piece of wood)
- bastono noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
Finnish
4 entries- keppi noun (long piece of wood)
- patukka noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- puikko noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- tikku noun (long piece of wood)
French
4 entries- bâton noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- canne noun (long piece of wood)
- canne noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- enfoncer verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Georgian
3 entries- თამასა noun (long piece of wood)
- ლარტყა noun (long piece of wood)
- ჯოხი noun (long piece of wood)
German
4 entries- Knüppel noun (long piece of wood)
- Schaltknüppel noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- Stab noun (long piece of wood)
- Stock noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
Greek
4 entries- βέργα noun (long piece of wood)
- μοχλός noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- ράβδος noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- ραβδί noun (long piece of wood)
Hebrew
3 entries- ידני noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- מַקֵּל noun (long piece of wood)
- מַקֵל noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
Hindi
4 entries- छड़ी noun (long piece of wood)
- डंडा noun (long piece of wood)
- डंडी noun (long piece of wood)
- लाठी noun (long piece of wood)
Hungarian
4 entries- bot noun (long piece of wood)
- botváltó noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- darab noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- kézi sebességváltó noun (gearstick, stickshift)
Icelandic
1 entries- stafur noun (long piece of wood)
Indonesian
2 entries- batang noun (long piece of wood)
- tongkat noun (long piece of wood)
Ingrian
2 entries- pistää verb (to press into with a sharp point)
- törkätä verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Ingush
1 entries- ӏаса noun (long piece of wood)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- چوب noun (long piece of wood)
- چوبَک noun (long piece of wood)
Irish
3 entries- bata noun (long piece of wood)
- bata noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- maide noun (long piece of wood)
Italian
4 entries- asta noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- barra noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- barretta noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- bastone noun (long piece of wood)
Japanese
4 entries- シフトレバー noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- スティック noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- マニュアル noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- 枝 noun (long piece of wood)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- barapó noun (long piece of wood)
Kashubian
1 entries- czij noun (long piece of wood)
Kazakh
3 entries- асатаяқ noun (long piece of wood)
- сойыл noun (long piece of wood)
- таяқ noun (long piece of wood)
Khmer
1 entries- ដំបង noun (long piece of wood)
Korean
2 entries- 막대 noun (long piece of wood)
- 막대기 noun (long piece of wood)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- таяк noun (long piece of wood)
Lao
2 entries- ຄ້ອນ noun (long piece of wood)
- ຕະບອງ noun (long piece of wood)
Latin
4 entries- baculum noun (long piece of wood)
- bastum noun (long piece of wood)
- figicō verb (to press into with a sharp point)
- fīgō verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Latvian
1 entries- rīkste noun (long piece of wood)
Lithuanian
3 entries- lazda noun (long piece of wood)
- durti verb (to press into with a sharp point)
- įdurti verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Macedonian
4 entries- ме́нувач noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- прачка noun (long piece of wood)
- стап noun (long piece of wood)
- забо́дува verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Malay
2 entries- batang noun (long piece of wood)
- tongkat noun (long piece of wood)
Malayalam
1 entries- വടി noun (long piece of wood)
Maranao
1 entries- osok noun (long piece of wood)
Marathi
1 entries- काठी noun (long piece of wood)
Maricopa
1 entries- 'ii noun (long piece of wood)
Mongolian
1 entries- мод noun (long piece of wood)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- mɓuɗa noun (long piece of wood)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- gopal noun (long piece of wood)
- metreq noun (long piece of wood)
- ço noun (long piece of wood)
- çogan noun (long piece of wood)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- girspak noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- kjepp noun (long piece of wood)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- girspak noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- kjepp noun (long piece of wood)
Old East Slavic
3 entries- кꙑи noun (long piece of wood)
- палица noun (long piece of wood)
- палъка noun (long piece of wood)
Old English
2 entries- sticca noun (long piece of wood)
- sticca noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
Old Norse
1 entries- keppr noun (long piece of wood)
Oromo
1 entries- ulee noun (long piece of wood)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دكنك noun (long piece of wood)
- عصا noun (long piece of wood)
Polish
3 entries- drążek noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- kij noun (long piece of wood)
- pałka noun (long piece of wood)
Portuguese
4 entries- alavanca noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- estique noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- marcha noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- pau noun (long piece of wood)
Romanian
4 entries- baton noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- băț noun (long piece of wood)
- schimbător de viteze noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- înfige verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Russian
4 entries- па́лка noun (long piece of wood)
- ру́чка noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- рыча́г noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- вка́лывать verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pȁlica noun (long piece of wood)
- па̏лица noun (long piece of wood)
Sicilian
1 entries- bastuni noun (long piece of wood)
Slovak
1 entries- palica noun (long piece of wood)
Slovene
1 entries- palica noun (long piece of wood)
Southern Altai
2 entries- агаш noun (long piece of wood)
- тайак noun (long piece of wood)
Spanish
4 entries- barra noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- mástel noun (long piece of wood)
- pal noun (long piece of wood)
- palanca de cambios noun (gearstick, stickshift)
Swedish
4 entries- käpp noun (long piece of wood)
- stav noun (long piece of wood)
- stav noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- stör noun (long piece of wood)
Sylheti
2 entries- ꠛꠣꠠꠤ noun (long piece of wood)
- ꠟꠣꠑꠤ noun (long piece of wood)
Tajik
1 entries- чӯб noun (long piece of wood)
Tamil
4 entries- உருள் noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- கம்பு noun (long piece of wood)
- தடி noun (long piece of wood)
- தண்டு noun (long piece of wood)
Tatar
1 entries- таяк noun (long piece of wood)
Telugu
1 entries- కర్ర noun (long piece of wood)
Thai
1 entries- ดุ้น noun (long piece of wood)
Turkish
4 entries- baston noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- dayak noun (long piece of wood)
- kol noun (gearstick, stickshift)
- vites noun (gearstick, stickshift)
Turkmen
2 entries- taýak noun (long piece of wood)
- çöp noun (long piece of wood)
Ukrainian
4 entries- кий noun (long piece of wood)
- па́лиця noun (long piece of wood)
- па́лка noun (long piece of wood)
- втика́ти verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Urdu
1 entries- چَھڑی noun (long piece of wood)
Uyghur
1 entries- تاياق noun (long piece of wood)
Uzbek
1 entries- tayoq noun (long piece of wood)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gậy noun (long piece of wood)
Volapük
1 entries- staf noun (long piece of wood)
Welsh
1 entries- ffon noun (long piece of wood)
Yiddish
2 entries- שטעקל noun (long piece of wood)
- שטעקן noun (long piece of wood)
Zazaki
3 entries- rewt noun (long piece of wood)
- çuwe (diq) noun (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
- gum kerden verb (to press into with a sharp point)
Zealandic
1 entries- stok noun (long piece of wood)
Zulu
3 entries- induku noun (long piece of wood)
- intonga noun (long piece of wood)
- uthi class 11/10 noun (long piece of wood)
Sample sentences
120 total sentences available.
As long as you stick to one style, you can't hit upon a wonderful idea.
Source: tatoeba (17935)
Laugh as much as you like; I'll stick to my plan to the bitter end.
Source: tatoeba (18061)
Stick the bag down under the seat.
Source: tatoeba (21224)
Showing 4 of 120 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "stick"?
Closest matches include twig, abide, abide with, abrade, acid.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "stick"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.