Meanings
plural stabilities
- countableuncountableThe condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
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Synonyms: stableness · Antonyms: instability
- countableuncountableThe tendency to recover from perturbations.
emotional stability
1 more example
Globalization has re-ordered the global economy in ways that are destructive to civic stability, as decentralized, localized producers cannot compete with globalized, commoditized crops, capital, labor and goods.
2025 February 13, Charles Hugh Smith, The Not-So-Strange Paradox of American Power and Dysfunction
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
nounthe quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchstabilité
- Middle Englishstabletee
- Englishstability
From Middle English stabletee, stabilite, from Old French stabilité, from Latin root of stabilitas (“firmness, steadfastness”), from stabilis (“steadfast, firm”). Displaced native Old English staþolfæstnes.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans stabiliteit, stabiliteit
- stabiliteitcondition of being stable
- stabiliteittendency to recover from perturbations
Arabic اِسْتِقْرَار
- اِسْتِقْرَار (istiqrār)condition of being stable
Bulgarian стабилност, устойчивост
- стабилност (stabilnost)condition of being stable
- устойчивост (ustojčivost)condition of being stable
- стабилност (stabilnost)tendency to recover from perturbations
Catalan estabilitat
- estabilitatcondition of being stable
Chinese Mandarin 穩定性 /稳定性, 穩定 /稳定
- 穩定性 /稳定性 (wěndìngxìng)condition of being stable
- 穩定 /稳定 (wěndìng)condition of being stable
Czech stabilita
- stabilitacondition of being stable
Dutch stabiliteit
- stabiliteitcondition of being stable
Esperanto stabileco
- stabilecocondition of being stable
Estonian stabiilsus
- stabiilsuscondition of being stable
Finnish vakaus, vakaus
- vakauscondition of being stable
- vakaustendency to recover from perturbations
French stabilité, stabilité
- stabilitécondition of being stable
- stabilitétendency to recover from perturbations
German Stabilität, Stabilität
- Stabilitätcondition of being stable
- Stabilitättendency to recover from perturbations
Greek ευστάθεια, σταθερότητα
- ευστάθεια (efstátheia)condition of being stable
- σταθερότητα (statherótita)condition of being stable
Hebrew יציבות, יציבות
- יציבות (yatsivút)condition of being stable
- יציבות (yatsivút)tendency to recover from perturbations
Hindi स्थिरता, स्थिरता
- स्थिरता (sthirtā)condition of being stable
- स्थिरता (sthirtā)tendency to recover from perturbations
Hungarian stabilitás
- stabilitáscondition of being stable
Icelandic stöðugleiki
- stöðugleikicondition of being stable
Indonesian stabilitas, kestabilan
- stabilitascondition of being stable
- kestabilancondition of being stable
Irish diongbháilteacht, diongbháil
- diongbháilteachtcondition of being stable
- diongbháilcondition of being stable
Italian stabilità, stabilità
- stabilitàcondition of being stable
- stabilitàtendency to recover from perturbations
Japanese 安定性, 安定
- 安定性 (anteisei)condition of being stable
- 安定 (antei)condition of being stable
- スタビリティー (sutabiritī)condition of being stable
Latin firmitās, firmitūdō
- firmitāscondition of being stable
- firmitūdōcondition of being stable
- stabilitāscondition of being stable
- firmitastendency to recover from perturbations
- firmitudotendency to recover from perturbations
- stabilitastendency to recover from perturbations
Malay kestabilan, kestabilan
- kestabilancondition of being stable
- kestabilantendency to recover from perturbations
Māori pūmautanga
- pūmautangacondition of being stable
Norwegian Bokmål stabilitet
- stabilitetcondition of being stable
Polish stabilność, stabilność
- stabilnośćcondition of being stable
- stabilnośćtendency to recover from perturbations
Portuguese estabilidade, estabilidade
- estabilidadecondition of being stable
- estabilidadetendency to recover from perturbations
Romanian stabilitate, stabilitate
- stabilitatecondition of being stable
- stabilitatetendency to recover from perturbations
Russian стаби́льность, усто́йчивость
- стаби́льность (stabílʹnostʹ)condition of being stable
- усто́йчивость (ustójčivostʹ)condition of being stable
Spanish estabilidad, estabilidad
- estabilidadcondition of being stable
- estabilidadtendency to recover from perturbations
Swedish stabilitet
- stabilitetcondition of being stable
Tagalog pagkamatatag
- pagkamatatagcondition of being stable
Turkish stabilite, direnç
- stabilitecondition of being stable
- dirençtendency to recover from perturbations
Ukrainian стабі́льність
- стабі́льність (stabílʹnistʹ)condition of being stable
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stability
Cite this entry
stability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stability
“stability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stability. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stability.
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