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The Meaning of stable

  • (v. i.) Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.
  • (v. i.) Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.
  • (v. i.) Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.
  • (v. t.) To fix; to establish.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To put or keep in a stable.
  • (v. i.) To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

Synonyms

horse barn , stalls , static , unchanging , motionless , inactive , electrostatic , still , permanent , abiding , enduring , lasting , steadfast , changeless , fixed , perpetual , unchangeable , constant , immutable , persistent , durable , invariable , shelter

Antonyms

rickety , unsound , shaky , changeful , volcanic , coseismic , explosive , rocky , unbalanced , tipsy , volatile , imbalanced , wobbly , seismic , wonky , changeable , cranky , unstable , seismal , reactive , coseismal , tender , tippy , tottering , crank , top-heavy

Rhymes

abel , abell , able , cable , chaebol , crable , disable , enable , fable , frable , gable , habile , hable , intercable , kable , knable , label , laible , mabel , mable , mislabel , playbill , rabal , raible , relabel , roundtable , sable , stabile , table , timetable , turntable , unable , unstable , waibel , waybill , zabel