Synonyms: corpse, stiff, remains, clay, cadaver
Definition: the dead body of a human being
Usage: the cadaver was intended for dissection; the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse; the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river; honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
Similar words: body, dead body
Definition: a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
Usage: they found the body in the lake
Synonyms: stiff
Definition: an ordinary man
Usage: a lucky stiff; a working stiff
Similar words: man, adult male
Definition: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
Usage: there were two women and six men on the bus
Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, stiff, tight, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, wet, squiffy, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, crocked
Definition: very drunk
Similar words: drunk, inebriated, intoxicated
Definition: stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Usage: a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors; helplessly inebriated
Definition: incapable of or resistant to bending
Usage: a rigid strip of metal; a table made of rigid plastic; a palace guardsman stiff as a poker; stiff hair; a stiff neck
Similar words: inflexible
Definition: resistant to being bent
Usage: an inflexible iron bar; an inflexible knife blade;
Synonyms: buckram, starchy, stiff
Definition: rigidly formal
Usage: a starchy manner; the letter was stiff and formal; his prose has a buckram quality
Similar words: formal
Definition: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
Usage: pay one's formal respects; formal dress; a formal ball; the requirement was only formal and often ignored; a formal education
Synonyms: stiff
Definition: not moving or operating freely
Usage: a stiff hinge
Similar words: immobile
Definition: not capable of movement or of being moved
Synonyms: stiff, strong, potent
Definition: having a strong physiological or chemical effect
Usage: a potent toxin; potent liquor; a potent cup of tea, a stiff drink
Similar words: equipotent
Definition: having equal strength or efficacy
Similar words: multipotent
Definition: able to many things
Usage: multipotent drugs
Synonyms: unbendable, unfaltering, steadfast, steady, stiff, unshakable, unwavering, firm
Definition: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
Usage: firm convictions; a firm mouth; steadfast resolve; a man of unbendable perseverence; unwavering loyalty
Similar words: resolute
Definition: firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
Usage: stood resolute against the enemy; faced with a resolute opposition; a resolute and unshakeable faith
Synonyms: stiff
Definition: powerful
Usage: a stiff current; a stiff breeze
Similar words: strong
Definition: having strength or power greater than average or expected
Usage: a strong radio signal; strong medicine; a strong man