Staunch

Definition: Staunch

Staunch

Adjective

1. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance".

Verb

1. As of the flow of a liquid flowing, such as blood from a wound.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "staunch" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references)

Synonyms: Staunch

Belief

Firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep-rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion; uberrima fides.

Friendship

Firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar friendship, bosom friendship, cordial friendship, tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship.

Health

Adjective: healthy, healthful; in health; Noun: well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole; florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof.

Perseverance

Solid, sturdy, staunch, stanch, true to oneself; unchangeable; unconquerable; (strong); indomitable, game to the last, indefatigable, untiring, unwearied, never tiring.

Probity

Constant, constant as the northern star; faithful, loyal, staunch; true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole; "marble-constant"; true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy; as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible.

Restoration

Repair; put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair; retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble; do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up; darn, finedraw, heelpiece; stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.

Crosswords: Staunch

The relatives They had no idea they were dealing with a staunch character (Grey Gardens; writing credit: George Roy Hill; William Goldman)

Well, maybe a little but I will staunch the tears with righteous fury (Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn; writing credit: Verónica Suárez)

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Books

• Birdhunter: A Celebration of Wild Birds, Fine Guns, and Staunch Dogs (reference)

• Staunch : inside New Zealand's gangs (reference)

  (more book examples)

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He was an old subaltern officer of the Old Guard, a legionary of Austerlitz, and as staunch a Bonapartist as the eagle

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Economic History

Indonesia

The U.S. played an important role in Indonesian independence in the late 1940s and appreciated Indonesia's role as a staunch anti-communist bulwark during the Cold War. (references)

Moldova

In the atmosphere of heightened international sensitivity to terrorism following the events of September 11, 2001, Moldova has been a staunch supporter of American efforts to increase international cooperation in combating terrorism. (references)

Political Economy

Russia

Staunch pro-Putin forces, including the "Unity" faction and the "People's Deputy" group, hold the largest bloc of seats and constitute nearly one-third of the Duma. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "staunch": a staunch conservative ♦ a staunch friend ♦ branch staunch ♦ staunch friendship. Additional references.

Beginning with "staunch": staunch-thighed.

Albanian

i patundur (deep-seated, flat-footed, immovable, implicit, inexorable, resolute, steadfast, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering), i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متين (able bodied, consistent, durable, enduring, firm, lasting, robust, safe, secure, solid, sound, stabile, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, tough), ‏مخلص (adherent, candid, constant, devoted, devout, earnest, faithful, heartfelt, hearty, honest, loyal, mentor, open-hearted, sincere, steadfast, true, true-hearted, truthful, whole-hearted), ‏قوي (able bodied, acute, athletic, brawny, burly, forceful, forcible, full-bodied, furious, generous, hardy, hearty, heavy duty, husky, incorrodible, intense, intensive, keen, lively, lusty, manly, mighty, muscular, pithy, potent, powered, powerful, precious, pronounced, reliable, robust, rude, sledge hammer, spanking, stern, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, telling, tight, tough, trig, vehement, vigorous, violent, virtuous, vivid, youthful), ‏وفي (adherent, constant, faithful, firm, kosher, loyal, righteous, true, true-hearted, truthful, unswerving), ‏حقن (grout, inject, injection, jab, shoot, squirt), ‏حجز (attach, attachment, be taken, bespeak, bond, confine, confinement, constrain, derequisition, detain, detention, distrain, foreclose, have reservations, immure, impound, incarcerate, incarceration, keep, lock, mew, put away, recapture, reservation, reserve, restrain, retention, seize, seizure, sequester, sequestration, shut, stop, tackle), ‏صامد (durable, fireproof, immovable, patient, proof, recusant, resistant), ‏راسخ (deep-seated, earthbound, fast, firm, firmly, fixed, founded, immovable, incommutable, incorrigible, ingrained, inveterate, rooted, settled, solid, sound, stabile, stable, steadfast, steady, sure, unalterable, vested). (various references)

Bulgarian 

устойчив (firm, persevering, resistant, rigid, settled, stable, steadfast, steady, sure footed, unswerving), херметически (hermetic), твърд (adamant, adamantine, constant, crusty, decided, determined, dogged, fast, firm, flat, flinty, forceful, gritty, hard, hardhearted, immovable, obstinate, persistent, proof, rigid, rock-ribbed, rocky, sclerotic, sclerous, set, solid, stable, steadfast, steady, steely, stiff, stout, stringy, strong, sturdy, swerveless, tenacious, tinny, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering), верен (accurate, correct, faithful, just, liege, loving, loyal, natural, okay, right, steady, sure, true, true-hearted, truthful, unfailing, veracious), непромокаем (damp proof, impermeable, impervious, rainproof, rain-tight, stanch, tight, waterproof, watertight), 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, stalwart, stanch, steady, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure footed, taintless, tenacious, thickset, uncorrupted, up to the mark, vigorous, well, well-conditioned, without scathe), лоялен (loyal, stanch, straight, true, true-hearted, well-affected). (various references)

Chinese 

刚烈, � �強 (strong), � �定 (firm, steady). (various references)

Czech

spolehlivý (authoritative, dependable, dutiful, foolproof, good, reliable, reputable, safe, solid, sound, steady, sure, trustworthy, unfailing), vìrný (close, constant, devoted, faithful, lifelike, life-like, loyal, true, true blue, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, unfailing), neochvìjný (grim, steady, unfailing, unswerving, unwavering). (various references)

Danish

taetningsmur (branch cutoff, branch staunch). (various references)

Dutch

achterloopsheidscherm (branch cutoff, branch staunch). (various references)

Finnish

vankkumaton (unflinching), tyrehdyttää (check, stop). (various references)

French

loyal, inébranlable (steadfast), endiguer (stem), dévoué, constant (standing, steadfast, steady, stiff), arrêter (stay, stem, stop), étancher (stem). (various references)

German

zuverlässig (authoritatively, credible, dependable, dependably, reliable, reliably, responsible, responsibly, safe, steadily, steady, sure, trustworthy, trusty). (various references)

Greek 

στερεόσ (blocky, durable, fast, solid, stanch, steadfast, sturdy), σταματώ αιμορραγία, σταματώ την εκροήν, σταθερόσ (abiding, consistent, constant, equable, firm, fixed, hard, permanent, set, stable, stanch, standard, stationary, steadfast, steady, unfaltering), πιστόσ (believer, constant, credible, faithful, loyal, stanch, true, true blue, trusty), αφοσιωμένοσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

� אמן (adherent, faithful, firm, henchman, loyal, loyalist, reliable, stanch, true, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing). (various references)

Hungarian

vízálló (waterproof, watertight, watertightal, weatherproof), rendíthetetlen (firm as a rock, grim, imperturbable, inexorable, insistent, shock-proof, stalwart, stanch, Stonewall, uncompromising, unflappable, unshakable, unshrinking), megbízható (as good as one's word, calculable, dependable, plain dealing, reliable, responsible, right-minded, sound, sure footed, to be as good as one's word, tried, trustful, trustworthy, trusty, veracious), légszigetelt, légmentesen záródó (airtight). (various references)

Indonesian

bakti (faith, filial piety, homage, service). (various references)

Italian

tamponare (crash into, dab, plug, stanch, stop, stop up, tampon, wad), leale (aboveboard, devout, fair, faithful, honest, loyal, single, straightforward, true), fidato (dependable, reliable, sure, trustworthy, trusty), fedele (churchgoer, close, constant, exact, express, faithful, liege, loyal, near, regular, true, true blue, trusty, upright), devoto (acquiescent, attached, be, devoted, devotee, devotional, devout, godly, pious, prayerful, religious, resign oneself, result, votary), convinto (convinced, passionate, persuades), arrestare (apprehend, arrest, block, check, halt, Nick, pause, stay, stem, stop). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

筋金入り (dyed-in-the-wool, hardcore). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すじがねいり (dyed-in-the-wool, hardcore). (various references)

Korean 

� � �한 (Exhaustive, thorough). (various references)

Manx

neufaarnagh (watertight, watertight roof only), jeenagh (impermeable, resistant, rinsing, waterproof), jeen (dry, impermeable, proof, waterproof, watertight, weatherproof), jeelys (devoted, faithful, firm, genuine, sincere, steadfast, true-hearted), castey (appease, beat back, censor, check, choke back, contain, counter, cure, defeat, end, freeze, freeze as loan, hitch, inhibit, preclude, stave off, suppress, throwing stones). (various references)

Pig Latin

aunchstay.(various references)

Portuguese

seguro (assured, certain, clear, confident, deep-seated, dependable, faithful, fast, firm, indemnity, insurance, insurant, jumped-up, reliable, retentive, secure, settled, sound, steady, sturdy, sure, sure fire, trustworthy, trusty, unerring), leal (anchored, brave, devoted, fair, faithful, frank, gallant, guileless, honest, loyal, open-hearted, simple-hearted, sincere, soldierly, sportsmanlike, sporty, true, true-blue, true-hearted, trustworthy, trusty), fiel (anchored, church-goer, faithful, loyal, pointer, retentive, single-hearted, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, unswerving), dedicado (addicted, dedicated, devoted, loving, loyal, selfless, zealous), de confiança (bosom, confidential, reliable, sound, trusty, truthful), acérrimo (bitter). (various references)

Romanian

veritabil (authentic, genuine, real, regular, right, sheer, sterling, true, unadulterated, veritable), opri (abate, abstain, arrest, balk, bar, baulk, break, bring to, bring to a stop, call off, circumvent, clog, collar, contain, curb, cut off, deflate, delay, discontinue, end, estop, forbear, forbid, foreclose, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interdict, keep back, phase out, prohibit, pull up, put a stopper on, put out, quench, restrain, retain, shut out, snag, stay, stem, stop, strangle, subside, taboo, withhold), loial (fair, faithful, faithfully, honest, Leal, loyal, sincere, straight, true), ferm (decidedly, firm, fixed, hard, hard bitten, inflexible, resistant, resolute, resolved, set, stable, steadfast, steady, sturdy, tight, unbending, unfaltering, unflinching, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding), devotat (devoted, devotedly), credincios (as true as steel, believer, believing, devoted, devout, faithful, honest, Leal, loyal, loyally, never failing, reliable, true, true blue, trusty, unfailing, unswerving). (various references)

Russian 

стойкий (doughty, fast, firm, hard bitten, hardbitten, lasting, persistent, resistant, steadfast, stout, stouthearted, stout-hearted, sturdy, true-blue, uncompromising, unyielding), непроницаемый (impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inscrutable, unpenetrable), лояльный (loyal). (various references)

Scottish

calma (brave, resolute). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

veran (faithful, liege, loyal, true, true blue, true-hearted), odan (addicted, addictive, affectionate, clinging, committed, dedicated, devoted, faithful, liege, loyal, true, whole-hearted), čvrst (firm, hard, hard and fast, solid, sound, stalwart, steadfast, steady, strong, sturdy, tenacious, tight, trim, unwavering, wiry). (various references)

Spanish

restañar (stanch, stem), leal (aboveboard, devoted, faithful, fast, frank, honest, loyal, single minded, single-hearted, stalwart, true, trusty), incondicional (die hard, implicit, unconditional, unconditioned, unqualified, unquestioning), firme (adamant, ballast bed, bed, decisive, fast, firm, foursquare, hard, out and out, persistent, positive, road, roadbed, secure, set, solid, sound, steadfast, steady, strong, sure, surface, unmoved, unswerving, unwavering). (various references)

Swedish

ståndaktig (constant, steadfast, stout, unflinching, unwavering), pålitlig (authentic, copper-bottomed, dependable, reliable, safe, trustworthy). (various references)

Turkish

sadık (adhesive, constant, devoted, devout, faithful, loyal, obedient, stanch, true blue, true-hearted, trusty), 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, stalwart, stanch, steady, steely, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, substantive, sure, tough, unfaltering, unshakable, unshaken, valid, whole), kesmek (abandon, amputate, Bate, blunt, break, butcher, carve, cease, chaff, chop, chop off, clip, close, close down, crop, cut, cut back, cut off, cut out, deaden, disconnect, discontinue, dock, drop, dry up, excise, fair, fell, gash, give over, hack, hew, interrupt, intersect, kill, knife, lay off, lop, lop off, Nick, nick oneself, nip, nip off, occlude, pare, poll, prune, saw off, sever, shave, shear, shut down on, shut down upon, shut off, slash, slaughter, slice, slit, snick, stanch, stem, stop, truncate, wrap it up, wrap up), hava ve su geçirmez (stanch), güvenilir (above suspicion, authentic, bankable, calculable, certain, confidential, credible, creditable, dependable, gilt-edged, regular, reliable, responsible, right hand, secure, solid, sound, stalwart, stanch, straight, sure, tried, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unsuspicious, worthy of credit), emin (assured, bailee, certain, clear, cocksure, confident, confidential, deliberate, fiduciary, firm, good, in the bag, proof, reliable, responsible, safe, secure, sound, stanch, sure, trustworthy, trusty, unfaltering), durdurmak (abort, arrest, baulk, block, bring short, call a halt, call off, cease, check, choke back, choke down, choke off, collar, Crimp, deactivate, discontinue, draw up, give over, halt, hold back, hold up, intercept, intermit, jam, jugulate, lock, paralyse, paralyze, pull in, pull up, put a stop to, shut off, stanch, stay, stem, still, stop, Stow, suppress, suspend). (various references)

Turkmen 

dцzьmli (hardy). (various references)

Ukrainian

твердий (callous, choky, consistent, coriaceous, crisp, crusty, deep-seated, firm, hard, hard and fast, resolute, settled, solid, steadfast, stern, strong, tough), вірний (blue, certain, correct, devoted, faithful, loyal, positive, sure, true, trusty), міцний (abiding, able bodied, bastard, beefy, buirdly, deep, endurable, enduring, entrenched, fast, firm, full-bodied, lasting, lusty, oaky, racy, sledge hammer, stable, stalwart, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, substantive, tenacious, tough, wakeless, well knit), зупиняти (arrest, bar, cease, check, damp, deter, halt, hold, hold up, nip, pull up, stanch, stop, withhold). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vững v� ng (firm, impregnable, stanch), vững chắc (deep-seated, secure, stanch, steady, unshaken, valid). (various references)

Welsh

pybyr (stout, strong, valiant). (various references)

firma, firmae, firmam, firmas, firme, firmi, firmior, firmiorem, firmiores, firmis, firmissimas, firmissime, firmissimi, firmissimo, firmissimus, firmo, firmos, firmum, firmus, obstinatus. (various references)

estanchier. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "staunch": staunched, stauncher, staunches, staunchest, staunching, staunchly, staunchness, staunchnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Staunch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: saunch, stauch, staunchy, stouch, stunch. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: canthus, chaunts.

-1 letter: cantus, chants, chaunt, cushat, haunts, nautch, snatch, stanch, unhats.

-2 letters: aunts, canst, cants, chant, chats, hants, haunt, hunts, natch, nucha, sauch, scant, scuta, shunt, snath, tachs, tunas, unhat.

-3 letters: acts, ants, anus, aunt, cans, cant, cash, cast, cats, chat, cuts, hant, hast, hats, haut, huns, hunt, huts, nuts, scan, scat, scut, shun, shut.

+1 letter: acanthus, nautches, unchaste.

+2 letters: ceanothus, chanteuse, chaunters, staunched, stauncher, staunches, staunchly, unlatches, unscathed, unteaches.

+3 letters: acanthuses, chanteuses, chauvinist, euthanasic, headcounts, humanistic, humectants, lunchmeats, nuthatches, paunchiest, postlaunch, raunchiest, staunchest, staunching, unactorish, unchastely, unchastity.

+4 letters: autochthons, avouchments, catechumens, ceanothuses, chauvinists, staunchness, unaesthetic, unchristian.

+5 letters: anacoluthons, autochthones, chauvinistic, enthusiastic, euchromatins, fucoxanthins, furtherances, haircuttings, hallucinates, neurasthenic, roughcasting, thunderclaps, transhumance, unchasteness, unchastities, unhistorical, unhysterical, untouchables, watchfulness.