stiff
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an ordinary man
a lucky stiff
Types & categories
- man hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
not moving or operating freely
a stiff hinge
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adverb
extremely
bored stiff
Sense 4 noun
the dead body of a human being
the cadaver was intended for dissection
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
powerful
a stiff current
Related & opposite
- strong similar to
Sense 6 adverb
in a stiff manner
his hands lay stiffly
Related & opposite
- stiff derived from
Sense 7 adjective
rigidly formal
a starchy manner
Related & opposite
- gracelessness derivation
- formal similar to
Sense 8 adjective
having a strong physiological or chemical effect
a potent toxin
Related & opposite
- effective also see
- fertile also see
- powerful also see
- impotent antonym
- potency attribute
- potency derivation
- equipotent similar to
- multipotent similar to
Sense 9 adjective
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
firm convictions
Related & opposite
- resoluteness derivation
- steadiness derivation
- stiffness derivation
- steadfastness derivation
- resolute similar to
Sense 10 adjective
incapable of or resistant to bending
a rigid strip of metal
Related & opposite
- stiffness derivation
- stiffness derivation
- rigidity derivation
- inflexible similar to
Sense 11 adjective
very drunk
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | man |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stiffness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | immobile |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cadaveric |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | dead body |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cremains |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | strong |
| 6 | derived from | Related & opposite | stiff |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | gracelessness |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | formal |
| 8 | also see | Related & opposite | effective |
| 8 | also see | Related & opposite | fertile |
| 8 | also see | Related & opposite | powerful |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | impotent |
| 8 | attribute | Related & opposite | potency |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | potency |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | equipotent |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | multipotent |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | resoluteness |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | steadiness |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | stiffness |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | steadfastness |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | resolute |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | stiffness |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | stiffness |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigidity |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | inflexible |
| 11 | domain usage | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | drunk |