stable
noun
1 stable
A farm building for housing horses or other livestock.
synonyms: horse barn, stalls.
Roget 189: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance†, tabernacle, throne, ark. home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall†; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana†; household gods, lares et penates [Lat.], roof, household, housing, dulce domum [Lat.], paternal domicile; native soil, native land. habitat, range, stamping ground; haunt, hangout; biosphere; environment, ecological niche. nest, nidus, snuggery†; arbor, bower, etc. 191; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], aerie, eyrie, eyry†, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah†. bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation†; barrack, casemate†, casern†. tent etc. (covering) 223; building etc. (construction) 161; chamber etc. (receptacle) 191; xenodochium†. tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft†. cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy†, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen etc. (inclosure) 232; barn, bawn†; kennel, sty, doghold†, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary†, columbarium; shippen†; igloo, iglu†, jacal†; lacustrine dwelling†, lacuslake dwelling†, lacuspile dwelling†; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang [Slang], tepee, topek†. house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe [Lat.], folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa [Sp.], country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple etc. 1000. hamlet, village, thorp†, dorp†, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto. street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda†, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd [Scot.], close [Scot.], yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews. square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza. anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor. quarter, parish etc. (region) 181. assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow†, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop†, dive [U.S.], exchange [Euph.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen†; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet†, posada†; almshouse†, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.]. garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance†, demesne. [quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary; barn, stall; zoo. ... show more
is a specific kind of: farm building.
is a broader term that covers: livery stable.
instances of which are: Augean stables.
has as a part: stall.
derivation: stablev1.
Dutch: paardenstal, stalling, stal
Polish: stajnia
verb
1 stable
Shelter in a stable.
is a specific kind of: shelter.
domain category: animal husbandry.
derivation: horse barn, stablen1, stalls | stabling.
adjective
1 stable
Resistant to change of position or condition.
Roget 150: unchangeable, immutable; unaltered, unalterable; not to be changed, constant; permanent etc. 141; invariable, undeviating; stable, durable; perennial etc. (diuturnal) 110†. fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed, valid; fiducial†; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted; settled, established etc. v.; vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable. tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock; firmly seated, firmly established etc. v.; deep-rooted, ineradicable; inveterate; obstinate etc. 606. transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded. [movable object rendered unmovable] stuck, jammed; unremovable; quiescent etc. 265; deterioration etc. 659. indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable†, incommutable†, irresoluble†, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless†, inextinguishable, irreducible; indissoluble, indissolvable†; indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous†; insusceptible, insusceptible of change. ... show more
Roget 141: stable etc. 150; persisting etc. v.; permanent; established; unchanged etc. (change) etc. 140; renewed; intact, inviolate; persistent; monotonous, uncheckered†; unfailing. undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed†; conservative, qualis ab incepto [Lat.]; prescriptive etc. (old) 124; stationary etc. 265. ... show more
is similar to: firm, steady, unfluctuating | lasting | stabile | stabilised, stabilized.
see also: constant | lasting, permanent | steady.
is the opposite of: unstable.
derivation: constancy, stability | stability, stableness.
2 stable
Firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation.
is similar to: sound.
derivation: stability, stableness.
3 stable
Not taking part readily in chemical change.
is similar to: unreactive.
4 stable
5 stable
Showing little if any change.
synonyms: static, unchanging.
is similar to: unchangeable.
derivation: changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness | constancy, stability | stability, stableness.
Polish: niewzruszony
Moby thesaurus: Augean stables, abiding, accordant, accountable, adamantine, age group, age-long, aged, alike, ancient, antique, articulated, assiduous, automatic, balanced, band, barn, battalion, bed, beleaguer, berth, beset, besiege, bevy, billet, blockade, body, bound, box in, brigade, bulky, bunch, bunk, byre, cabal, cage, calculable, cast, catenated, ceaseless, chamber, changeless, chastened, chronic, clique, close in, cohort, company, compass, competent, complement, concatenated, connected, consistent, consonant, constant, constrained, contain, contingent, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, controlled, cool, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corps, corral, correspondent, coterie, covey, cowbarn, cowbyre, cowhouse, cowshed, crew, crowd, cyclical, deep-rooted, dense, dependable, detachment, detail, devoted, diligent, direct, diuturnal, division, dogged, domicile, domiciliate, dump, durable, encircle, enclose, encompass, endless, enduring, enshrine, entry, equable, equal, established, even, evergreen, faction, fail-safe, faithful, faithworthy, fast, favorite, featureless, fence in, fiducial, firm, firm as Gibraltar, fixed, flat, fleet, frozen, gang, gapless, group, grouping, groupment, guaranteed, harbor, hard, hardy, harmless, heavy, hedge in, hem in, hole, homogeneous, house, house in, hovel, hushed, immediate, immobile, immutable, imperturbable, impound, imprison, in control, in equilibrium, in hand, in-group, inalterable, incarcerate, incessant, include, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, infrangible, insistent, intact, interminable, intransient, invariable, inveterate, invincible, inviolate, invulnerable, jail, joined, jointless, junta, kennel, lasting, leaguer, level, limited, linked, lodge, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, loyal, macrobiotic, made of iron, marble-constant, massive, measured, mechanical, methodic, mew, mew up, mews, mob, monolithic, monotonous, movement, mudder, never-ending, never-tiring, nonstop, obstinate, of a piece, of long duration, of long standing, ordered, orderly, out-group, outfit, pack, party, patient, patient as Job, peer group, pen, pen in, perdurable, perduring, perennial, periodic, permanent, perpetual, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, pesthole, phalanx, pigpen, pigsty, plague spot, plate horse, plater, platoon, plodding, plugging, pocket, poised, pole horse, pony, posse, predictable, preoccupied, put up, quarantine, quarter, quelled, quiescent, race horse, racer, rail in, rapt, reasonable, recurrent, regiment, regular, relentless, reliable, remaining, repetitive, resolute, responsible, restrained, rigid, riskless, robotlike, rookery, room, round-the-clock, rugged, running, safe, salon, sane, seamless, secure, sedulous, sempervirent, sensible, serried, set, shelter, shrine, shut in, shut up, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, slum, smooth, solid, sound, squad, stabile, stake horse, staker, stall, starter, static, stationary, staunch, staying, steadfast, steady, steeplechaser, stout, straight, string, strong, stubborn, sturdy, sty, subdued, substantial, sure, surefire, surround, sustained, systematic, team, tempered, tenacious, tenement, the slums, tireless, torpid, tough, tribe, troop, troupe, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, twenty-four-hour, unabating, unalterable, unaltered, unassailable, unbreakable, unbroken, unceasing, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, unconquerable, undangerous, undaunted, undestroyed, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiscouraged, undiversified, undrooping, unending, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflappable, unflinching, unhazardous, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unperilous, unprecarious, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unrelieved, unremitting, unrisky, unruffled, unshakable, unshifting, unsleeping, unstopped, unswerving, untiring, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vital, wall in, warranteed, warren, weariless, well-balanced, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, wing, without nerves, wrap, yard, yard up ... show more.
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