sticktoitiveness, n. (Colloq.) [pertinacity], persistence, [perseverance], [diligence], [tenacity].
stick up for. (Colloq.) assert and [defend], [vindicate].
sticky, a. adhesive, viscous, viscid, mucilaginous, glutinous, clammy, [tenacious].
stiff, a. [inflexible], [rigid], [firm], [unbending], [inelastic], stark, impliable, [rigorous], [unyielding], inductile; [strong], [violent], [forcible], inopposable; [pertinacious], [obstinate], [tenacious], [uncompromising], incompliant; [constrained], [formal], [starched], [affected], [unnatural], [precise], [prim], [ceremonious], prudish, punctilious; cramped, [graceless], inelegant; (Slang) [high], [immoderate], [large]. Antonyms: [limber], flaccid, [limp], [flexible], lithe.
stiff joint. anchylosis.
stiff neck. [obstinacy], contumacy, intractability, incompliance, stubbornness.
stiff-necked, a. [obstinate], intractable, [perverse], contumacious, [stubborn], obdurate.
stiffness, n. [inflexibility], [rigidity], firmness; prudery, [constraint], [precision], [formality]; tension. Antonyms: [pliability], limpness, [flexibility], flaccidity, [ease], [relaxation], [informality].
stifling, a. [close], [oppressive], suffocating.
still, a. [motionless], unruffled, [stagnant], quiescent, inert, stationary, placid, tranquil; [noiseless], inaudible, [silent], [mum].