Synonyms for stick
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : stik |
| Phonetic Transcription : stɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for stick Other synonyms for the word stick
- abide
- be bogged down
- bear
- bear up under
- become embedded
- become immobilized
- billet
- bind
- birch
- bludgeon
- board
- bond
- branch
- braze
- brook
- cement
- clasp
- cleave
- cling
- cling like ivy
- clog
- cohere
- cudgel
- deposit
- drumstick
- establish
- fasten
- ferrule
- fix
- freeze to
- fuse
- get on with
- glue
- go
- gore
- grin and bear it
- hold
- hold fast
- hold on
- hug
- impale
- ingot
- insert
- install
- jab
- jam
- join
- last
- linger
- lodge
- mast
- paste
- penetrate
- persist
- pierce
- pin
- place
- plant
- plonk
- plunge
- plunk
- prod
- puncture
- put
- put up with
- ram
- remain
- rod
- rule
- ruler
- run
- see through
- set
- settle
- shoot
- sink
- slab
- slat
- snag
- solder
- spear
- stab
- staff
- stake
- stalk
- stand
- stave
- stay
- stay put
- stem
- stick like barnacle
- stick together
- stomach
- store
- strip
- stuff
- suffer
- support
- switch
- take
- take it
- thrust
- timber
- tolerate
- transfix
- twig
- unite
- wand
- weather
- wedge
- weld
Définition of stick
Origin :- Old English sticca "rod, twig, spoon," from Proto-Germanic *stikkon- "pierce, prick" (cf. Old Norse stik, Old High German stehho, German Stecken "stick, staff"), from PIE *steig- "to stick; pointed" (see stick (v.)). Meaning "staff used in a game" is from 1670s (originally billiards); meaning "manual gearshift lever" first recorded 1914. Stick-ball is attested from 1824. Alliterative connection of sticks and stones is recorded from mid-15c.
- noun pole, often wooden
- verb adhere, affix
- verb poke with pointed object
- verb position, lay
- verb endure
- My doctor says I must let it be for at least two months, and I mean to stick by him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Thank you for the compliment, but I don't expect to stick to it all my life.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- And yet the idea cleaves to me strangely, and is liable to stick to my shroud.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I realize it more and more every day, but I will stick it out till I break down.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- He was almost asleep when the marshal said: "Are you really going to stick it out, Andy?"
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Give her the stick, Nora, or maybe she'll slip on the big stones.
- Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
- As for the child, he gave himself wholly to the enjoyment of a stick of candy.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Cornelius took his hat and stick, and said he would walk with her.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Here, Sir; you forget that you cannot get about without a stick.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- The Stick was no liar, he said; it was he who had lied to them; he had let them think that this was his father's Stick.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
Antonyms for stick
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