stander

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US/ˈstændɚ/UK/ˈstændə/

noun

One who stands.

Opposite
sitter
OriginEnglish stand ← Middle English stonden ← Old English standan →
UncommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

stander1

nounstander (plural standers)

plural standers

  1. One who stands.
  2. obsoleteA standel.

    the fairest standers of all, were rooted vp

    a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC

Stander2

proper nounStander (plural Standers)

plural Standers

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan organism (person or animal) that stands

Opposite
sitter
Broader
organismbeing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*standaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*standan
  4. Old Englishstandan
  5. Middle Englishstonden
  6. Englishstand
  7. Englishstander

From stand + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stander

alexandersanderlanderslandercorianderganderzandercandorhanderoleanderpandergermanderhandstander
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Anagrams

detransrestand
Cite this entry
APA

stander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stander

MLA

“stander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stander. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stander,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stander.

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