Noun

• S: (n) stiff (an ordinary man) "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff"
• S: (n) cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains (the dead body of a human being) "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

Adjective

• S: (adj) stiff (not moving or operating freely) "a stiff hinge"
• S: (adj) stiff (powerful) "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"
• S: (adj) starchy, stiff, buckram (rigidly formal) "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
• S: (adj) potent, strong, stiff (having a strong physiological or chemical effect) "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea"; "a stiff drink"
• S: (adj) firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering (marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable) "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
• S: (adj) rigid, stiff (incapable of or resistant to bending) "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"
• S: (adj) besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet (very drunk)

Adverb

• S: (adv) stiff (extremely) "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff"
• S: (adv) stiffly, stiff (in a stiff manner) "his hands lay stiffly"