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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stable, unmoving |
| Synonyms: | anchored, bolted, braced, cemented, closed, durable, embedded, fast, fastened, fixed, immobile, immovable, motionless, mounted, nailed, petrified, riveted, robust, rooted, screwed, secure, secured, set, settled, soldered, solid, sound, spiked, stationary, steady, strong, sturdy, substantial, taut, tenacious, tight, tightened, unfluctuating, unshakable, welded |
| Antonyms: | moving, unsettled, unstable, wavering |
| Main Entry: | immobile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | motionless, fixed |
| Synonyms: | anchored, at a standstill, at rest, frozen, immobilized, immotile, immovable, nailed, nailed down, pat, quiescent, rigid, riveted, rooted, stable, stagnant, static, stationary, steadfast, stiff, still, stock-still, stolid, unmovable, unmoving |
| Antonyms: | mobile, movable, moving, unfixed |
| Main Entry: | secure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fastened, stable |
| Synonyms: | adjusted, anchored, bound, buttoned down, fast, firm, fixed, fortified, immovable, iron, locked, nailed, safe and sound, set, solid, solid as a rock, sound, staunch, steady, strong, sure, tenacious, tight |
| Antonyms: | loose, moving, unfastened, unfixed, unsecure, unstable |
| Main Entry: | stable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, fixed; resistant |
| Synonyms: | abiding, anchored, balanced, brick-wall, calm, deep-rooted, durable, enduring, equable, established, even, fast, firm, immutable, invariable, lasting, nailed, perdurable, permanent, poised, reliable, resolute, safe, secure, set, set in stone, solid, solid as a rock, sound, stabile, stalwart, stationary, staunch, staying put, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, together, tough, unalterable, unchangeable, unfluctuating, uniform, unvarying, unwavering, well-built, well-founded |
| Antonyms: | inconstant, shaky, unfixed, unstable, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | stationary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not moving; fixed |
| Synonyms: | anchored, at a standstill, immobile, inert, moored, motionless, nailed, nailed down, parked, pat, permanent, stable, stagnant, standing, static, stock-still, unmoving |
| Notes: | stationery is paper and office supplies; stationary indicates 'in a fixed position' |
| Antonyms: | mobile, moving, restless, unfixed, unsteady |
| Main Entry: | mounted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | firmly fixed |
| Synonyms: | anchored, attached, braced, fastened, firm, set, supported |
| Main Entry: | unmovable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed |
| Synonyms: | anchored, attached, established, fast, firm, hitched, hooked, immobile, immotile, immovable, located, locked, made fast, nailed, quiet, rigid, rooted, secure, set, settled, situated, solid*, stable, stationary, steadfast, steady, stiff, still, tenacious, tight*, unmoving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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