stable

Fetched 2026-10-27 (live).

Synonyms: stale, sable, table, staple, stabile, astable, stably, suable, stadle, stauble, stahle

Antonyms: stale, sable, table, staple, stabile, astable, stably, suable, stadle, stauble, stahle

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
   • There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.
2. All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
3. A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
4. An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
5. A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
6. A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
7. A group of people who are looked after, mentored, considered or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
8. A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.

Verb

1. To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
2. To dwell in a stable.
3. To park (a rail vehicle).

Adjective

1. Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
   • He was in a stable relationship.
   • His income of £10000 per month was stable for a healthy living.
   • a stable government
2. Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
   • You should download the 1.9 version of that video editing software: it is the latest stable version. The newer beta version has some bugs.
3. That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
4. Eventually satisfying the identity IMn=Mn+1.

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