Antonyms for steady
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sted-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɛd i |
- agitated
- broken
- ceasing
- different
- discontinuous
- ending
- excited
- flexible
- friendly
- imbalanced
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- indefinite
- intermittent
- interrupted
- irregular
- irresponsible
- movable
- moving
- soft
- stopping
- undependable
- unfaithful
- unfixed
- unreliable
- unstable
- unsteady
- untrustworthy
- upset
- varying
- vulnerable
- weak
- wobbly
Definition of steady
Origin :- 1520s (replacing earlier steadfast), from stead + adjectival suffix -y (2), perhaps on model of Middle Dutch, Middle Low German stadig. Old English had stæððig "grave, serious," and stedig "barren," but neither seems to be the direct source of the modern word. Old Norse cognate stoðugr "steady, stable" was closer in sense.
- Originally of things; of persons or minds from c.1600. Meaning "working at an even rate" is first recorded in 1540s. Steady progress is etymologically a contradiction in terms. Steady state first attested 1885; as a cosmological theory (propounded by Bondi, Gold, and Hoyle), it is attested from 1948.
- adj stable, fixed
- adj continuing
- adj balanced, faithful in mind
- She stopped the running and meditated with a steady, hard deliberation.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- His eyes, round and full and steady, taxed her with falsehood, with hypocrisy.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- Dozier kept Gray Peter at a steady pace, never varying his gait.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- In the next room the voices of the four were a steady, rumbling murmur.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- That sort o' trade, ye see, miss, the demand's not steady in it.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- As he grows weary, he grasps the straps on either side to steady him.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
- A steady hand and a true eye, boys; so let two quarts be a bowman's portion.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- One might still have friends, big and strong, steady of eye and voice.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Dear K., with his steady eyes and his long surgeon's fingers!
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- They should have a company of older men here who have seen service to steady them.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for steady
- abiding
- allegiant
- ardent
- brick-wall
- calm
- ceaseless
- certain
- changeless
- confirmed
- consistent
- constant
- continuous
- cool
- dependable
- durable
- enduring
- equable
- eternal
- even
- faithful
- fast
- firm
- habitual
- immovable
- imperturbable
- incessant
- intense
- levelheaded
- liege
- loyal
- never-ending
- never-failing
- nonstop
- patterned
- persistent
- poised
- regular
- reliable
- reserved
- resolute
- rhythmic
- safe
- sedate
- self-possessed
- sensible
- serene
- serious-minded
- set
- set in stone
- settled
- single-minded
- sober
- solid
- solid as a rock
- stabile
- stable
- staid
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady-going
- substantial
- sure
- unbroken
- unchangeable
- unchanging
- unfaltering
- unfluctuating
- uniform
- uninterrupted
- unqualified
- unquestioning
- unremitting
- unshaken
- unswerving
- unvarying
- unwavering
- wholehearted
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