staid
Adjective Satellite
- characterized by dignity and propriety
Adj
- Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
- Always fixed in the same location; stationary.
Verb
- Obsolete spelling of stayed.
Adjective
- Sober, sedate, and serious in manner or character.
Examples
- Her staid playstyle focused on safe, small words rather than risky bingos.
Origin / Etymology
From an obsolete spelling of stayed, the past participle of stay, used as an adjective.
Synonyms
sedate, abstemious, austere, calm, collected, composed, continent, cool, demure, dignified, dispassionate, earnest, grave, grievous, imperturbable, inexcitable, lack-laughter, regular, sad, sage, saturnine, serious, sober, solemn, solemncholy, somber, sombre, staid, steady, stern, sweer, temperate, thoughtful, undisturbed, unexcitable, unexcited, unimpassioned, unpassionate, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirred, unsusceptible, weightsome, weighty
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 6
staid: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstaid: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
staid: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary