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Definition: Stalwart |
StalwartAdjective1. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes". 2. Dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts". 3. Used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army". Noun1. A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stalwart" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: StalwartSynonyms: hardy (adj), stout (adj), stouthearted (adj), sturdy (adj), loyalist (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Size | Corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing; portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown; corn fed, gram fed; stalwart, brawny, fleshy; goodly; in good case, in good condition; in condition; chopping, jolly; chub faced, chubby faced. |
Strength | Able-bodied; athletic; Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean; muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Stalwart |
| English words defined with "stalwart": gray, grey ♦ hardy ♦ rugged ♦ Stalwartly, stout, stouthearted, sturdy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stalwart": Parson Bate. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The good guys are always stalwart and true (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Together with my stalwart sidekick Arthur and the magnanimous help of some other folks I know, we form the yin to villany's malevolent yang (The Tick; writing credit: Larry Charles; Lon Diamond) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Campaign badge(?) of Republican party, to be worn to the polls, showing Theodore Roosevelt on horseback, carrying U.S. flag, with banner "stalwart Republicanism to the front"; and head-and-shoulders portrait of John Weaver, candidate for mayor of Philadel. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Political Economy | Pakistan | Bhutto's hold on power received a further boost in November 1993, when Farooq Leghari, a PPP stalwart, was elected President. (references) |
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| "Stalwart" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.90% of the time. "Stalwart" is used about 105 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 81.9% | 86 | 35,638 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.1% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 105 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Stalwart, MI |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "stalwart": ex-stalwart. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stalwart | 20 |
alvis stalwart | 4 |
blacksmith stalwart young | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stalwart"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i vendosur (decided, decisive, determinate, determined, established, firm, fixed, hell-bent, inveterate, nervy, purposeful, resolute, resolved, set, situated, stiff, stout, strong, unalterable, unfaltering, unhesitating), i lartë (altisonant, big, considerable, elevated, eminent, exalted, first, high, high pitched, higher, lofty, overhead, paramount, pre eminent, rank, soaring, sonorous, towering), i fuqishëm (able bodied, forcible, full-blooded, green, hard, hearty, heavy, hefty, husky, lusty, marrowy, mighty, orotund, potent, potential, powerful, racy, red blooded, robust, sound, spanking, strenuous, strong, sturdy, trenchant, vigorous, violent). (various references) | |
Arabic | مصصم (layout), نصير راسخ الايمان, قوي البنية (able bodied, all-mains, burly, going strong, rugged), حامي الدين, عازم (determined, firm, intent, resolute, resolved, single minded, steadfast), طويل موفور العضل, إمرأة شجاعة, رجل شجاع, راسخ الإيمان, شخص قوي البنية, شجاع (brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, hardy, hero, manful, martial, mettlesome, plucky, red blooded, spirited, stout, tiger, undaunted, valiant, valorous). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | як (brawny, chopping, fast, fit, flourishing, grunting ox, hard, husky, iron, lusty, robust, rude, rugged, stocky, stout, sturdy, thickset, tough, two-fisted, vigorous, yak), смел (adventurous, ambitious, audacious, bold, brave, courageous, daring, dashing, gallant, game, gamy, gritty, gutsy, high-hearted, high-spirited, manful, manly, martial, mettled, mettlesome, plucky, provocative, slashing, spirited, spunky, stout, stouthearted, thoroughbred, valiant, venturesome), решителен (chopping, crisp, decided, decisive, determined, drastic, fateful, flat-footed, heroic, high-spirited, obstinate, peremptory, plucky, plump, point blank, pronounced, purposeful, purposive, resolute, ringing, stable, straight out, strong-minded, sturdy, thoroughgoing, trenchant, ultimate, unfaltering, unflinching, unhesitating, utter, winning), здрав (blooming, durable, entire, fast, fit, flourishing, flush, good, hard, healthful, healthy, hearty, hefty, invulnerable, lasting, laudable, lusty, nervous, nervy, reliable, right, robust, rubbery, rude, rugged, safe, salubrious, seaworthy, secure, serviceable, sinewy, sleek, sober, sound, stanch, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure footed, taintless, tenacious, thickset, uncorrupted, up to the mark, vigorous, well, well-conditioned, without scathe), предан член на партия. (various references) | |
Chinese | 坚定 (Adamant, Determined, Determinedly, inflexible, unshakable, unshakably), 勁 (strength, sturdy). (various references) | |
Czech | stoupenec (adherent, backer, devotee, exponent, follower, hanger-on, supporter), statný (burly, gallant, hefty, portly, robust, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, valid), silný (bad, big, boisterous, good, hard, heady, heavy, hefty, high, large, lusty, mighty, muscular, potent, powerful, red blooded, robust, rude, rugged, stiff, stocky, stout, strong, sturdy, thick, tough, valid, vigorous, violent), odvážný (audacious, brave, courageous, daring, fearless, great-hearted, high-spirited, lion-hearted, manful, mettlesome, perilous, plucky, risky, soldierly, spunky, venturesome), oddaný straník, oddaný (affectionate, attached, devoted, dutiful, great, intent, obedient, pious). (various references) | |
Farsi | مصمم (Intent, Resolute, Set, Undeviating, Unflinching), قوی (Boisterous, Drastic, Fort, Hard, Hefty, Intense, Irresistible, Lusty, Mighty, Overtone, Potent, Stark, Stocky, Strong, Swith, Valid, Vigorous), تنومند (Burly, Corpulent, Huge, Robust, Rugged, Sturdy), ستبر (Big, Burly, Gross, Robust, Stout, Sturdy, Thick), شدید (Boisterous, Chronic, Diametrical, Drastic, Exquisite, Grievous, Hard, Inclement, Intense, Intensive, Keen, Rigorous, Rugged, Severe, Sopping, Strenuous, Tough, Vehement, Vigorous, Violent), بی باک (Audacious, Bold, Brazen, Daredevil, Dashing, Heroic, Intrepid, Venturer). (various references) | |
French | vigoureux (stout, strenuous, stringent, strong, sturdy), vaillant (stout, stout hearted), résolu (steadfast, strong-minded), pilier (stanchion), fidèle (steadfast), déterminé, costaud (strapping), brave homme, brave femme, brave (stout). (various references) | |
German | robust (robust, robustly, strong, sturdy, tough, virile), handfest (solid, tangible). (various references) | |
Greek | ρωμαλέοσ (brawny, hearty, husky, incisive, lusty, robust, sinewy, strong, sturdy), γεναίοσ (valiant), παλληκάρι (brave), παλληκαράσ (brave man). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חזק איתן ואמיץ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | rendíthetetlen (firm as a rock, grim, imperturbable, inexorable, insistent, shock-proof, stanch, staunch, Stonewall, uncompromising, unflappable, unshakable, unshrinking), bátor (ballsy, bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, Doughty, dreadnought, enterprising, fearless, gallant, gritty, Hardy, manful, mettlesome, plucky, spirited, spunky, stout hearted, valiant). (various references) | |
Indonesian | cekal (gallant). (various references) | |
Italian | prode, coraggioso (bold, brave, courageous, gallant, gritty, high-spirited, intrepid, manly, plucky, stout). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 猛者 (man of valour), 硬派 (hard-liners, tough elements). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "うは (hard-liners, light waves, tough elements), もさ (man of valour). (various references) | |
Manx | tramylt (hardy, robust, stout, sturdy, vigorous, vigorous as plant), looyr (husky, strong bodied). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alwartstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vagaroso (behindhand, easygoing, leisurely, lingering, longstanding, slow, sluggish, stick-in-the-mud, tardy), robusto (able-bodied, cant, hale, hefty, lusty, masculine, nervy, randy, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, tough, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome), rijo (cornered, hard, robust, stiff, strong, sturdy, tough, wiry), resoluto (accomplished, decisive, energetic, game, plucky, purposive, resolute, stark, steadfast, stiff, stout, sturdy, unbending, unhesitating, unwavering), forte (accomplished, acute, bold, bouncing, brawny, cogent, decuman, firm, forceful, forcible, fort, forte, fortress, full-blooded, hale, hard, heavy, hefty, high, high-hearted, intense, intensive, keen, loud, lusty, manly, masculine, masterful, mighty, nappy, penetrating, pithy, potent, presidio, racy, red-blooded, salt, sanguineous, seaworthy, sharp, sinewy, snorting, solid, stark, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, swingeing, telling, tough, two-fisted, unfailing, vehement, venturous, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome). (various references) | |
Romanian | viteaz (bold, brave, courageous, gallant, gamy, hero, manly, proud, temerarious, valiant, valorous, vigorous), viguros (bouncing, chopping, emphatic, forceful, forcible, forcibly, full-blooded, green, Hale, Hardy, hearty, hot stuff, humming, intense, lusty, nervous, pithy, potent, red blooded, robust, rude, sapful, sinewy, stout, stoutly, strapping, strong, strong-limbed, thriving, tough, vigorous, vigorously), tare (adamant, adamantine, badly, crusty, deeply, double, durable, fast, fierce, firm, firmly, greatly, hard, hollow, intense, intensely, lasting, leathery, loud, loudly, mighty, potent, powerful, rigid, robust, rocky, solid, spanking, steady, stiff, stout, strong, strongly, sturdy, to the echo, tough, unflinching, unflinchingly, vehement, vigorous, violent), robust (bouncing, Hale, Hardy, hefty, iron, lusty, red blooded, robust, rude, rugged, stout, strapping, strong, strong-limbed, sturdy, tough, well knit), membru marcant al unui partid, hotãrât (adamant, appointed, assertive, categorical, categorically, certain, certainly, dead, decided, definite, definitely, determined, exactly, firm, firmly, flat, flatly, forthright, foursquare, game, gritty, hell-bent, manful, pertinacious, plucky, point blank, positively, purposeful, resolute, resolved, resolvedly, set, steadfast, sticky, strong-minded, sturdy, sure, surely, trenchant, unfaltering, unflinching, unflinchingly, unhesitatingly, vigorous), decis (determined, resolute, resolved, sharp, strong-minded), curajos (bold, brave, courageous, daring, Dauntless, gallant, game, gamy, gritty, high-spirited, manful, nervy, pluckily, plucky, reckless, spirited, stout, temerarious, unflinching, vigorous). (various references) | |
Russian | сторонник рослый, рослый (burly, chopping), непоколебимый (hard and fast, immovable, impregnable, iron-handed, resolute, unflinching, unshakable, unshakeable, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering), дюжий (hefty). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | snažan (able bodied, burly, firm, forceful, hefty, lusty, mighty, powerful, robust, robustious, sinewy, strong, sturdy, trenchant, vigorous, vivid, well knit), odlučan (crucial, decided, decretory, determined, point blank, purposeful, resolute, resolved, settled, spirited, trojan), čvrst (firm, hard, hard and fast, solid, sound, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, sturdy, tenacious, tight, trim, unwavering, wiry). (various references) | |
Spanish | valiente como un caballero (Dauntless, Doughty, plucky, stout, stout hearted), leal (aboveboard, devoted, faithful, fast, frank, honest, loyal, single minded, single-hearted, staunch, true, trusty), fornido (beefy, chunky, heavy-set, hefty, husky, Square, stout, strapping, sturdy, well knit), cien por cien (a hundred per cent, all over, out and out), acérrimo (all out, die hard, hot, out and out, very strong). (various references) | |
Swedish | trogen (devoted, faitful, faithful, liege, loyal, true, true blue, trusty), robust (robust, robustious, well knit), kraftig (big, bouncing, crash, forcible, hale, hard, hearty, heavy, hefty, high-powered, intense, lusty, meaty, potent, powerful, rich, robust, robustious, round, sinewy, spanking, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, thick-set, vigorous, violent, virtuous). (various references) | |
Turkish | sağlam (able bodied, bankable, bouncing, calculable, cast iron, consolidated, dyed in grain, fast, firm, flat-footed, foolproof, foursquare, gilt-edged, good, granitic, Hale, hard, healthy, hearty, indissoluble, invulnerable, lusty, responsible, rugged, runproof, safe, scatheless, secure, secured, solid, sound, stable, stanch, staunch, steady, steely, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, substantive, sure, tough, unfaltering, unshakable, unshaken, valid, whole), kuvvetli (Doughty, energetic, forceful, heady, healty, hearty, intense, lusty, mighty, muscular, potent, powered, powerful, retentive, robust, rugged, sappy, sinewed, sinewy, sound, stout, strong, swinging, tenacious, vigorous, virile, virulent), korkusuz (courageous, Dauntless, fearless, intrepid, safe, unafraid, undaunted, unflinching), güvenilir (above suspicion, authentic, bankable, calculable, certain, confidential, credible, creditable, dependable, gilt-edged, regular, reliable, responsible, right hand, secure, solid, sound, stanch, staunch, straight, sure, tried, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unsuspicious, worthy of credit), güçlü (bouncing, brawny, energetic, forceful, full-blooded, heroic, high pressure, iron, keen, mighty, pithy, potent, powered, powerful, prepotent, robust, sinewed, sinewy, spirited, stout, strong, sturdy, vigorous, virile, voluminous), gözüpek (adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, courageous, dare devil, daring, fearless, gamy, gutsy, Hardy, intrepid, nothing if not courageous, undaunted, venturesome, Venturous). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стійкий прихильник, рішучий (backboned, categorical, decided, decisive, determinate, determined, drastic, grim, manful, purposeful, purposive, resolute, resolved, strong-minded, strong-willed, vigorous), відважний (berserker, bold, courageous, daring, high-spirited, stout), міцний (abiding, able bodied, bastard, beefy, buirdly, deep, endurable, enduring, entrenched, fast, firm, full-bodied, lasting, lusty, oaky, racy, sledge hammer, stable, staunch, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, substantive, tenacious, tough, wakeless, well knit), здоровань (dumpy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vạm vỡ (burly, hefty, husky, muscular, rugged, strapping), người vạm vỡ (strapper), người ủng hộ tích cực một đảng phái, lực lưỡng can đảm; khiên quyết. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stalwart": stalwartly, stalwartness, stalwartnesses, stalwarts. (additional references) | |
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"Stalwart" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Safwat, saltwort, salwars, shalwar, sralwart, stailwart, stallwart, staluart, stalward, stalwert, stelwart. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stalwart" (pronounced stô"lwert) |
| 3 | -w er t | liverwort. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-r-s-t-t-w" | |
-1 letter: stratal. | |
-2 letters: altars, astral, attars, ratals, statal, strata, talars, tarsal, tatars, trawls. | |
-3 letters: altar, artal, atlas, attar, ratal, start, straw, swart, talar, talas, tarts, tatar, trawl, warts, watts. | |
-4 letters: aals, alar, alas, alts, arts, awls, lars, last, lats, laws, rats, raws, salt, slat, slaw, star, stat, staw, swat, tala, tars, tart, tats, taws, tsar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-r-s-t-t-w" | |
+1 letter: saltwater, stalwarts. | |
+2 letters: stalwartly, tailwaters. | |
+4 letters: stalwartness. | |
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