STIFFS Synonyms: 151 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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plural of stiff

as in corpses

a dead body to the mortician, a stiff was a stiff and they were all pretty much alike

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as in guys

a member of the human race one lucky stiff will get the biggest jackpot in the lottery's history

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verb

present tense third-person singular of stiff

as in isolates

to deliberately ignore or treat rudely the actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events

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as in hustles

to rob by the use of trickery or threats customers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company claiming to sell designer handbags

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Recent Examples of stiffs

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Advertisement Not every variety-show booking delighted every viewer (just ask the stiffs who hyperventilated when Elvis wiggled his hips on Sullivan’s stage), but there was enough, most nights, to captivate tens of millions of them. —

Judy Berman, Time, 22 May 2026 Now the working stiffs are white-collar people. —

Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 Trixies is a song cycle centering on a mythical bar and its working class stiffs and gangsters that’s one-part Cheers, the other The Untouchables. —

Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 9 Mar. 2026 In February 2021, the Rockies slammed shut their own competitive window, one that had peaked too briefly in 2017 and ’18, by trading Arenado and $51 million to the Cardinals for Austin Gomber and four stiffs. —

Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026 Marty Supreme is stuffed with street kids, working stiffs, midcentury aristocrats, and world-class athletes, all clad in crisp, period-accurate garb. —

Wengel Gemu, Vanity Fair, 15 Jan. 2026 After one of his clients stiffs him, Veneno runs into Muñeco (Osvaldo Sanchez), a trucker in his 40s who spends long weeks away from his estranged family, drinking and doing drugs to stay awake on the job. —

Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025

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The Medical Services Directorate managed the network of military hospitals used to house detainees, process corpses, and record deaths.

— Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
Health officials have raised alarm that traditional funerals and mourning practices can rapidly spread the virus, as the corpses of Ebola victims are highly infectious.

— Erikas Mwisi, CNN Money, 24 May 2026