Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb steady

2 senses of steady

Sense 1
steady, calm, becalm -- (make steady; "steady yourself")
       => stabilize, stabilise -- (become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized")

Sense 2
brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise -- (support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel")
       => strengthen, beef up, fortify -- (make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries")

Antonyms of adj steadied

1 sense of steadied

Sense 1
steadied -- (made steady or constant; "the noise became a steadied roaring")

INDIRECT (VIA steady) -> unsteady -- (subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice")

Similarity of adj steadied

1 sense of steadied

Sense 1
steadied -- (made steady or constant; "the noise became a steadied roaring")
       => steady (vs. unsteady) -- (not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer")

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