stable
stable is a 6-letter English word with 14 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.
- intransitive verb. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.
- intransitive verb. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.
- transitive verb. To fix; to establish.
- intransitive verb. A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.
- transitive verb. To put or keep in a stable.
- intransitive verb. To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.
- noun. a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- verb. shelter in a stable
"stable horses"
- adjective. showing little if any change
"a static population"
- adjective. maintaining equilibrium
- adjective. not taking part readily in chemical change
- adjective. firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation
"the economy is stable"
- adjective. resistant to change of position or condition
"a stable ladder"
"a stable peace"
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Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stable:
ablest, belast, bleats, tables
Common word forms
stabled, stabler, stables, stablest, stabling, stableful, stableness
Words from these letters
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