STOOP Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈstüp

as in to disgrace

to descend to a level that is beneath one's dignity the debate would be more enlightening if both sides didn't stoop to name-calling

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stoop

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noun

as in porch

a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building the stoop at the front entrance is just big enough to shield a resident from the elements as he fumbles for his keys

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Recent Examples of stoop

Verb

Tim stooped down and put his hand on the little buck’s horns. —

William J. McRae, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2025 Why would an otherwise capable and benevolent (if controlling) person like Mother Constance stoop not to just murder but murder by proxy? —

Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025

Noun

Just off the back of the house toward the main bedroom, a stoop steps down to your very own courtyard. —

Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2026 Beetz stars as Asia, a young woman who turns up on the stoop of a high-end Manhattan apartment building, the Virgil, answering an ad for a maid job. —

Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stoop

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New Orleans has long been notorious for embracing such scoundrels, a reputation that isn’t exactly helped by the fact that, for many years, disgraced attorneys who lost their licenses in Louisiana and applied for readmission to the bar often got it.

— Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
These brands have pulled sponsorship of Wireless Festival, which disgraced itself recently by scheduling Ye (formerly Kanye West) to headline.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026