stilt
5 synonyms for stilt, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — One of a pair of long poles with a place to rest your feet, used to walk high above the ground, often by performers.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Comes from Middle English stilte, stulte, which developed from Old English *stilte, *stylte, from Proto-Germanic *stiltijǭ, *staltijǭ, *stultijǭ ("stilt"), itself from Proto-Germanic *stelt- ("to be stiff"). It is akin to Danish stylte, Dutch stelt and German Stelze.
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