still
adjective
[ stɪl ]
• not moving or making a sound.
• "the still body of the young man"
Similar:
motionless,
unmoving,
without moving,
without moving a muscle,
stock-still,
immobile,
like a statue,
as if turned to stone,
as if rooted to the spot,
unstirring,
stationary,
at rest,
at a standstill,
inert,
lifeless,
still
noun
• deep silence and calm; stillness.
• "the still of the night"
Similar:
quietness,
quiet,
quietude,
silence,
stillness,
hush,
soundlessness,
noiselessness,
calmness,
calm,
tranquillity,
peace,
peacefulness,
peace and quiet,
serenity,
• an ordinary static photograph as opposed to a motion picture, especially a single shot from a cinema film.
• "film stills"
still
adverb
• up to and including the present or the time mentioned; even now (or then) as formerly.
• "he still lives with his mother"
Similar:
up to this time,
up to the present time,
until now,
even now,
yet,
Opposite:
no longer,
• nevertheless; all the same.
• "I'm afraid he's crazy. Still, he's harmless"
Similar:
nevertheless,
however,
in spite of that,
despite that,
notwithstanding,
for all that,
all the same,
even so,
be that as it may,
having said that,
nonetheless,
but,
still and all,
withal,
natheless,
howbeit,
• even (used with comparatives for emphasis).
• "write, or better still, type, captions for the pictures"
still
verb
• make or become still; quieten.
• "she raised her hand, stilling Erica's protests"
Similar:
silence,
hush,
calm,
settle,
pacify,
soothe,
lull,
allay,
assuage,
appease,
subdue,
quieten,
quiet,
abate,
die down,
grow less,
lessen,
subside,
ease up/off,
let up,
moderate,
slacken,
weaken,
fade away,
Opposite:
stir up,
get stronger,
get up,
Origin:
Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’.
still
noun
• an apparatus for distilling alcoholic drinks such as whisky.
Origin:
mid 16th century: from the rare verb still ‘extract by distillation’, shortening of distil.
