Antonyms for stick

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : stik

Phonetic Transcription : stɪk

Definition of stick

Origin : Old English sticca "rod, twig, spoon," from Proto-Germanic *stikkon- "pierce, prick" (cf. Old Norse stik, Old High German stehho, German Stecken "stick, staff"), from PIE *steig- "to stick; pointed" (see stick (v.)). Meaning "staff used in a game" is from 1670s (originally billiards); meaning "manual gearshift lever" first recorded 1914. Stick-ball is attested from 1824. Alliterative connection of sticks and stones is recorded from mid-15c.

noun pole, often wooden
verb adhere, affix
verb poke with pointed object
verb position, lay
verb endure

Example sentences :

My doctor says I must let it be for at least two months, and I mean to stick by him.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Thank you for the compliment, but I don't expect to stick to it all my life.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

And yet the idea cleaves to me strangely, and is liable to stick to my shroud.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

I realize it more and more every day, but I will stick it out till I break down.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

He was almost asleep when the marshal said: "Are you really going to stick it out, Andy?"
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Give her the stick, Nora, or maybe she'll slip on the big stones.
Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge

As for the child, he gave himself wholly to the enjoyment of a stick of candy.
Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Cornelius took his hat and stick, and said he would walk with her.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Here, Sir; you forget that you cannot get about without a stick.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

The Stick was no liar, he said; it was he who had lied to them; he had let them think that this was his father's Stick.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Synonyms for stick

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