ntend, vie, cope.
stroll, v. ramble, rove, range, stray, straggle, wander.
strolling, a. wandering, nomadic, itinerant, roving, vagrant,
straggling.
strong, a. firm, tough, enduring, hale, sound, robust, hardy,
durable, puissant; powerful, mighty, invincible, impregnable,
irresistible, fortified; virile, athletic, muscular, brawny, vigorous,
stout, strapping, lusty, sturdy, sinewy, stalwart, thewy, able-bodied;
violent, forcible, impetuous, vehement; potent, cogent, influential,
urgent, convincing, conclusive; ardent, eager, zealous, strenuous, stanch,
unwavering, determined; spirituous, intoxicating, alcoholic; vivid,
dazzling, intense, glaring; effective, drastic, potent; racy, pungent,
piquant; tough, tenacious; rank, strong-smelling; valid. Antonyms: weak,
vulnerable, frail, fragile, delicate, faint, mild, frangible.
stronghold, n. fastness, fort, fortress, muniment, donjon, citadel,
keep, bulwark.
strong-smelling, a. fetid, rank, frowzy, rancid, malodorous,
offensive, musty.
struggle, n. conflict, contest, strife.
struggle, v. strive, cope, grapple, labor.
stub, n. stump, counterfoil.
stubble, n. eddish, rowen, arrish.
stubborn, a. unyielding, obstinate, obdurate, mulish, refractory,
indocile, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, perverse, contumacious,
impersuadable, recalcitrant, stiff-necked, rugged, persistent,
incompliant.
stuck-up, a. (Colloq.) proud, arrogant, haughty, vain, overbearing,
cavalier, supercilious, uppish.
studio, n. atelier.
study, n. research, excogitation, lucubration, cogitation; etude
(Mus.); curriculum (course of study).
study, v. muse, pore, con over, lucubrate, excogitate; dig, grind.
stuff, n. material, fabric, cloth; trash, refuse, rubbish; goods,
things; nonsense, balderdash.
stuff, v. cram, press, stow, crowd, fill.
stuffing, n. filling, forcemeat, dressing, farce.
stumbling-block, n. difficulty, obstruction, hindrance, barrier,
stumbling-stone.
stump, v. (Colloq.) dare, challenge, nonplus.
stun, v. overcome, stupefy, dumfound, bewilder.
stunning, a. overpowering, stupefying; astonishing, striking, fine.
stunt, v. dwarf, atrophy.
stunted, a. dwarfed, atrophied, undeveloped, scrubby, undersized.
stupefier, n. stupefacient, narcotic, opiate.
stupefy, v. dull, benumb, hebetate, blunt, besot.
stupid, a. dull, stolid, obtuse, sluggish, inept, bovine,
beef-witted, beetle-headed, besotted, fat-witted, doltish, undiscerning;
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