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Stiff

/stɪf/

An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.

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📖 Definitions of "Stiff"

noun

1
An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.
"A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember was published in 2003."
2
A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
"She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him."
3
A cadaver; a dead person.
4
A flop; a commercial failure.

verb

1
To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
"Realizing he had forgotten his wallet, he stiffed the taxi driver when the cab stopped for a red light."
2
To cheat someone
3
To tip ungenerously

adjective

1
(of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
2
(of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
3
(of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
4
Harsh, severe.
"He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine."

🔄 Synonyms of "Stiff"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
besotted	Infatuated.
rigidnoun	Stiff, rather than flexible.
strongnoun	(loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
hardnoun	(of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
wetnoun	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
cadavernoun	(literary, medicine) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
inebriated	Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
plastered	(slang) Drunk, intoxicated.
intoxicated	Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
tightverb	Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
soused	(slang) inebriated, drunk.
corpsenoun	A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
pixilated	Behaving in an eccentric manner, as though led by pixies.
loaded	(colloquial) Possessing great wealth.
sloshed	(slang) Very drunk.
blottonoun	(informal) (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
pottynoun	A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.
soaked	Drenched with water, or other liquid.
pissed	(chiefly US, Canada, Australia, mildly vulgar, colloquial) Annoyed, angry.
formalnoun	Official.
blindnoun	(not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
inflexible	Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits.
sozzled	(British, slang) Very drunk.
remainsnoun	The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
claynoun	A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stiff"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
rigid	Stiff, rather than flexible.
starchynoun	Containing starch.
hard	(of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
immobile	Fixed, not movable.
tight	Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
strong	(loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
pixilated	Behaving in an eccentric manner, as though led by pixies.
inflexible	Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits.
remainsnoun	The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
loaded	(colloquial) Possessing great wealth.
blind	(not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
stand-up	Performed while standing although normally done while sitting.
tiddleynoun	Alternative form of diddly (“small amount”). [(informal) A small amount of no worth.]
crocked	(informal, Canada, US) drunk (of a person)
besotted	Infatuated.
uphill	Going up a slope or a hill.
formal	Official.
corpsenoun	A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
cadavernoun	(literary, medicine) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
wet	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.