stately, a. [imposing], [dignified], [august], [pompous], [majestic], [formal].

statement, n. [assertion], [affirmation], specification, avowal, averment, [narration], dictum.

station, n. [standing], [rank], [status]; [depot]; [situation], [place].

statue, n. [image]; acrolith, caryatid; xoanon. Associated words: [sculpture], statuary, sculptor, statuesque, figurine, esquisse.

status, n. [standing], [rank], [station], [condition].

statute, n. [law]. Associated words: statutable, statutory, purview.

stay, v. sojourn, tarry, lodge, [remain], continue, [abide]; [support], [prop], [buttress], [brace], [uphold], [strengthen]; [delay], [obstruct], [hinder], [restrain], [appease], [withhold], [forbear], withstand, [impede], [retard].

stay, n. sojourn, abidance, [stop]; [dependence], [support], upholder; [impediment], [hindrance], [obstruction], [restraint].

steadfast, a. [firm], [fixed]; [constant], unswerving, [unwavering], [stanch], unshaken.

steady, a. [steadfast], [constant]; [stable], [firm], [fixed]; unremitted, [constant], [uniform], undeviating. Antonyms: [intermittent], infrequent, occasional, [inconstant], [unsteady].