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Definitions for Staid

[1] of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
[2] fixed, settled, or permanent.
[3] Archaic . a simple past tense and past participle of stay1.
[4] to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
[5] to continue to be as specified, as to condition or state: to stay clean.
[6] to hold out or endure, as in a contest or task (followed by with or at ): Please stay with the project as long as you can.
[7] to keep up, as with a competitor (followed by with ).
[8] Poker . to continue in a hand by matching an ante, bet, or raise.
[9] to stop or halt.
[10] to pause or wait, as for a moment, before proceeding or continuing; linger or tarry.
[11] Archaic . to cease or desist.
[12] Archaic . to stand firm.
[13] to stop or halt.
[14] to hold back, detain, or restrain, as from going further.
[15] to suspend or delay (actions, proceedings, etc.).
[16] to appease or satisfy temporarily the cravings of (the stomach, appetite, etc.).
[17] to remain through or during (a period of time): We stayed two days in San Francisco.
[18] to remain to the end of; remain beyond (usually followed by out ).
[19] Archaic . to await.
[20] the act of stopping or being stopped.
[21] a stop, halt, or pause; a standstill.
[22] a sojourn or temporary residence: a week's stay in Miami.
[23] Law . a stoppage or arrest of action; suspension of a judicial proceeding: The governor granted a stay of execution.
[24] Informal . staying power; endurance.
[25] something used to support or steady a thing; prop; brace.
[26] a flat strip of steel, plastic, etc., used especially for stiffening corsets, collars, etc.
[27] a long rod running between opposite walls, heads or sides of a furnace, boiler, tank, or the like, to strengthen them against internal pressures.
[28] stays, Chiefly British . a corset.
[29] to support, prop, or hold up (sometimes followed by up ).
[30] to sustain or strengthen mentally or spiritually.
[31] to rest on (something, as a foundation or base) for support.
[32] to cause something to become fixed or to rest on (a support, foundation, base, etc.)
[33] any of various strong ropes or wires for steadying masts, funnels, etc.
[34] to support or secure with a stay or stays: to stay a mast.
[35] to put (a ship) on the other tack.
[36] (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
[37] of a settled, sedate, and steady character
[38] rare permanent
[39] (intr) to continue or remain in a certain place, position, etc to stay outside
[40] (copula) to continue to be; remain to stay awake
[41] (intr often foll by at ) to reside temporarily, esp as a guest to stay at a hotel
[42] (tr) to remain for a specified period to stay the weekend
[43] (intr) Scot and Southern African to reside permanently or habitually; live
[44] archaic to stop or cause to stop
[45] (intr) to wait, pause, or tarry
[46] (tr) to delay or hinder
[47] (tr) to discontinue or suspend (a judicial proceeding) to hold in abeyance or restrain from enforcing (an order, decree, etc)
[48] to endure (something testing or difficult, such as a race) a horse that stays the course
[49] (intr ; usually foll by with ) to keep pace (with a competitor in a race, etc)
[50] (intr) poker to raise one's stakes enough to stay in a round
[51] (tr) to hold back or restrain to stay one's anger
[52] (tr) to satisfy or appease (an appetite, etc) temporarily
[53] (tr) archaic to quell or suppress
[54] (intr) archaic to stand firm
[55] stay put See put (def. 18)
[56] the act of staying or sojourning in a place or the period during which one stays
[57] the act of stopping or restraining or state of being stopped, etc
[58] the suspension of a judicial proceeding, etc stay of execution
[59] anything that supports or steadies, such as a prop or buttress
[60] a thin strip of metal, plastic, bone, etc, used to stiffen corsets, etc
[61] (often foll by up) to prop or hold
[62] (often foll by up) to comfort or sustain
[63] (foll by on or upon ) to cause to rely or depend
[64] a rope, cable, or chain, usually one of a set, used for bracing uprights, such as masts, funnels, flagpoles, chimneys, etc; guy See also stays (def. 2), stays (def. 3)

Words related to Staid

solemn, decorous, somber, sedate, sober, stuffy, dignified, calm, collected, composed, cool, demure, earnest, formal, grave, no-nonsense, quiet, serious, settled, starchy

Words nearby Staid

stagnation, stagnation mastitis, stagy, stagyrite, stahl, staid, stain, stained glass, stained glass ceiling, stainer, staines

Origin of Staid

y3before 1150; Middle English stey(e ), Old English stæg; cognate with German Stag

Other words from Staid

staid·ly , adverb
staid·ness , noun
un·staid , adjective
un·staid·ly , adverb
un·staid·ness , noun

Word origin for Staid

yOld English stæg ; related to Old Norse stag , Middle Low German stach , Norwegian stagle wooden post

Synonyms for Staid

decorous, dignified, sedate, sober, solemn, somber, stuffy, calm, cold sober, collected, composed, cool, demure, earnest, formal, grave, no-nonsense, quiet, self-restrained, serious, settled, starchy, steady, weighty