- Types Of Speech
- You can use staff as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Staff
- A 1 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters a, f, s, and t, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter a. Staff starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, st, sta, staf, and the ending characters are f, ff, aff, taff, . Staff is also a double consonant (ff) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- A strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
- Origin/Roots
- Old English
- School Grade
- Staff is set as a grade six word that starts with s, ends with f, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is staff a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Staff in Pig Latin is said as "affstay or affstway".
- Unigram
- s | t | a | f | f
- Bigram
- st | ta | af | ff
- Trigram
- sta | taf | aff
- Quadrigram
- staf | taff
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose;
"he walked with the help of a wooden staff" - (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- a rod carried as a symbol
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school;
"the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" - personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task;
"the hospital has an excellent nursing staff";
"the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions" - building material consisting of plaster and hair;
used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- Verb Examples
- provide with staff;
"This position is not always staffed" - serve on the staff of;
"The two men staff the reception desk"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accouter | provide with military equipment |
| Accoutre | provide with military equipment |
| Advisory Body | |
| Advocate | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| Advocator | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| Aid | the work of caring for or attending to someone or something "no medical care was required" "the old car needed constant attention" |
| Aircraft Carrier | |
| Airplane Propeller | |
| Airscrew | a propeller that rotates to push against air |
| Alpenstock | a stout staff with a metal point used by mountain climbers |
View all cognitive synonyms for Staff
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stick | threat of a penalty "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alpenstock | a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers |
| Crook | a long staff with one end being hook shaped |
| Crutch | anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch" |
| Distaff | the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning |
| Flagpole | a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised |
| Flagstaff | a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised |
| Pikestaff | the staff of a pike |
| Quarterstaff | a long stout staff used as a weapon |
| Shepherds Crook |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Stafford | Yes | No |
| Staffon | Yes | No |
| Staffan | Yes | No |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast (4 letters) | 7 | 7 | fast | ||
| Staff (5 letters) | 11 | 11 | staff | ||
| Staffa (6 letters) | 12 +1 | 12 +1 | staffa | ||
| Faust (5 letters) | 8 | 9 | faust | ||
| Faustus (7 letters) | 10 | 12 +1 | faustus | ||
| Fasta (5 letters) | 8 | 8 | saaft | ||
| Fuss At (7 letters) |
Staff Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With F
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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