, astrologer, astrological,
astrometry, astromancy, sidereal, astral, horoscope, constellation,
zodiac, observatory, galaxy, acronycal, cosmical, astrophotography,
astrophysics, periastral, stellar, interstellar, intersidereal, orbit.

star, v. bespangle.

starched, a. stiff, ceremonious, prim, formal, punctilious, precise.

starchy, a. amylaceous, amyloid, starched.

starry, a. bespangled; astral, stellar, stellary, radiated,
stelliform.

start, v. set out, go, initiate, launch, institute, embark.

startle, v. scare, surprise, affright.

starvation, n. famishment.

starve, v. famish.

state, n. condition, plight, category, situation, pass, predicament,
circumstances; rank, quality; pomp, grandeur, magnificence; commonwealth;
canton. Associated Words: federal, federalist, federalism, federalize,
confederate, confederation, gerrymander, secession.

state, v. assert, affirm, aver, allege, say, specify, declare.

statehouse, n. capitol.

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.

steal, v. pilfer, filch, peculate, purloin, poach, abstract, rob,
defraud, pirate, plunder, crib, pillage, rapine loot, thieve, embezzle,
peculate, plagiarize; insinuate, creep furtively, go stealthily, sneak,
slink, skulk; ratten.

stealer, n. See thief.

stealing, n. theft, larceny, robbery, pilfering, peculation,
thievery, abstraction, looting, cribbing, rapine, depredation, surreption,
piracy, plundering, pillage, embezzlement, peculation, shop lif