The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

unmoving, peaceful, pacific, at rest, quiescent, even, flat,
smooth, inert, stationary, undisturbed, unruffled: In the
moonlight, the lake lay still and dark. 2 silent, quiet,
noiseless, soundless; hushed, restful, Literary stilly: Be
still or they'll hear you! In the still night I heard the
distant sound of an owl.
--n. 3 stillness, hush, quiet, silence, tranquillity,
noiselessness, peacefulness, calm: In the still of the evening
came the call of the nightingale.
--adv. 4 even now, to or till or until this or that time, (up)
till or until now, yet: Henry came for dinner five years ago,
and he's here still. Do you still smoke? 5 even, in addition:
Hugh weighed twenty stone when you last saw him, but he's
heavier still today. 6 notwithstanding, yet, even then: Are you
still going to Sue's party, despite what she said?. 7
motionless(ly), quiet(ly), silent(ly), stock-still: Lie still
while I put on this bandage.
--conj. 8 however, but, notwithstanding, nevertheless, even so,
in any event, in any case: She said she'd be here; still, you
never know, she may come later.
--v. 9 calm, allay, assuage, alleviate, relieve, silence, lull,
quiet(en), pacify, soothe, mollify, appease, subdue, suppress:
A few kind words and she had stilled my fears.
stilted adj. awkward, ungraceful, graceless, clumsy, wooden, stiff,
turgid, affected, artificial, unnatural, mannered, laboured;
pretentious, formal, pompous, lofty, bombastic, grandiloquent,
high-flown, inflated: Francis has a stilted way of expressing
himself.
stimulant n. 1 stimulus, incentive, provocation, spur, prompt, goad,
urge, prod, fillip, impetus, incitement, drive, impulse, push,
pull, draw: She yielded readily to the stimulants of
literature, science, and the fine arts. 2 energizer,
antidepressant, tonic, restorative, Colloq bracer, pick-me-up,
shot in the arm, Slang pep pill, upper, bennie, speed: He found
he couldn't get through the day without a stimulant.
stimulate v. 1 rouse, arouse, waken, awaken, wake up, excite, incite,