Definition of stead
- acted in his brother's stead
a summer internship will stand you in good stead when applying to college
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advantage, better, bulge, catbird seat, drop, edge, high ground, inside track, jump, pull, upper hand, vantage, whip hand;
disparity, imbalance, inequality, unevenness;
disability, failing, impairment, shortcoming;
bar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, rub, shackle, stop, trammel;
allowance, head start, lead, leg up, margin, odds, start;
ascendancy (also ascendency), command, dominance, mastery, predominance, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, transcendency;
precedence, preference, prerogative, privilege, seniority;
benefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, manna, windfall;
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13th century
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