Standard Lemma guide

staid

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /steɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /sted/
  • rhymes with -eɪd
  • homophone: stade (general)
  • homophone: stayed (except Scotland)
  • CMU ARPABET: S T EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: composed, dignified, regular, steady, austere, frightful, demure, serious, grave, earnest, grievous, lack-laughter, thoughtful, sad, sage, saturnine, sedate, solemn, solemncholy, sober, somber, sombre, staid, stern, sweer, weightsome, weighty, abstemious, calm, collected, continent, cool, dispassionate, inexcitable, imperturbable, temperate, undisturbed, unexcitable, unexcited, unimpassioned, unpassionate, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirred, unsusceptible

Antonyms: fanciful, unpredictable, volatile, wild

2

adj

Meaning 2

Always fixed in the same location; stationary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

Obsolete spelling of stayed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

characterized by dignity and propriety

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sedate

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From an obsolete spelling of stayed, the past participle of stay, used as an adjective.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: спокоен (spokoen) — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Bulgarian: уравновесен (uravnovesen) — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Chinese Cantonese: 淡定 (daam6 ding6) — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Chinese Mandarin: 穩重 /稳重 (wěnzhòng) — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Czech: usedlý — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Czech: staromódní — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Czech: seriózní — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Esperanto: serioza — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Finnish: tosikkomainen — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Finnish: vakaa — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Finnish: vakava — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Finnish: yksitotinen — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • French: guindé — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • French: guindée — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Georgian: დადებითი (dadebiti) — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Georgian: დინჯი (dinǯi) — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Italian: canuto — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Italian: canuta — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Italian: posato — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Italian: posata — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Italian: serioso — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Italian: seriosa — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Kazakh: маңғаз (mañğaz) — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Polish: stateczny — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Polish: poważny — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Romanian: serios — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Romanian: respectabil — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Romanian: potolit — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Russian: степенный (stepennyj) — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Scottish Gaelic: cùiseach — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Spanish: tranquilo — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Spanish: pausado — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Spanish: serio — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Swedish: stadig — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Swedish: lugn — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Swedish: stadgad — not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious
  • Czech: usedlý — always fixed in the same location
  • Finnish: paikallaan pysyvä — always fixed in the same location
  • Finnish: pysyvä — always fixed in the same location
  • Finnish: vakaa — always fixed in the same location
  • Polish: statyczny — always fixed in the same location
  • Romanian: staționar — always fixed in the same location
  • Russian: неподви́жный (nepodvížnyj) — always fixed in the same location
  • Russian: стационарный (stacionarnyj) — always fixed in the same location
  • Spanish: estable — always fixed in the same location
  • Spanish: fijo — always fixed in the same location
  • Spanish: estático — always fixed in the same location
  • Spanish: sedentario — always fixed in the same location