stiff

/stˈɪf/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. not moving or operating freely
   “a stiff hinge”
2. powerful
   “a stiff current”
3. rigidly formal
   “a starchy manner”
4. having a strong physiological or chemical effect
   “a potent toxin”
5. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
   “firm convictions”
6. incapable of or resistant to bending
   “a rigid strip of metal”
7. very drunk

noun

1. an ordinary man
   “a lucky stiff”
2. the dead body of a human being
   “the cadaver was intended for dissection”

adverb

1. extremely
   “bored stiff”
2. in a stiff manner
   “his hands lay stiffly”

Synonyms for stiff

• immobile
• strong
• starchy
• buckram
• formal
• potent
• equipotent
• multipotent
• firm
• steadfast
• steady
• unbendable
• unfaltering
• unshakable
• unwavering
• resolute
• rigid
• inflexible
• besotted
• blind drunk
• blotto
• crocked
• cockeyed
• fuddled
• loaded
• pie-eyed
• pissed
• pixilated
• plastered
• slopped
• sloshed
• smashed
• soaked
• cadaver
• corpse
• clay
• remains
• stiffly

Words that rhyme with stiff

• whiff
• riff
• sniff
• biff
• hieroglyph
• cliff
• petroglyph
• skiff
• tiff
• briarcliff
• clif
• cliffe
• dif
• diff
• giff
• griff
• if
• jif
• kiff
• liff
• liffe
• mcgriff
• mcniff
• riffe
• schiff
• shiff
• woodcliff
• ziff