Synonyms for staff
stæf, stɑfstaff

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1. staffnoun

   to supply (a business) with employees

   Synonyms:
   personnel, stave

2. staffnoun

   A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.

   Synonyms:
   personnel, stave

3. staffnoun

   The employees of a business.

   The company employed 10 new staff this month.

   Synonyms:
   stave, personnel

4. staffnoun

   A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering (see Wikipedia article)

   Synonyms:
   personnel, stave

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. staffnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   stave, faculty

2. staffnoun

   a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

   "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"

   Synonyms:
   stave, faculty

3. staff, facultynoun

   the body of teachers and administrators at a school

   "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"

   Synonyms:
   stave, module, mental faculty, faculty

4. staffnoun

   building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

   Synonyms:
   stave, faculty

5. staffnoun

   a rod carried as a symbol

   Synonyms:
   stave, faculty

6. staff, staveverb

   (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

   Synonyms:
   stave, round, rung, faculty, lag

7. staffverb

   provide with staff

   "This position is not always staffed"

8. staffverb

   serve on the staff of

   "The two men staff the reception desk"

Matched Categories

1. • Building Material
   • Force
   • Provide
   • Serve
   • Stick
   • Symbol

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. staffnoun

   Synonyms:
   cane, stick, pole, rod, partisan, truncheon

2. staffnoun

   Synonyms:
   support, prop, stay

3. staffnoun

   Synonyms:
   ÉTAT MAJOR, staff-officers, commissioned officers

4. staffnoun

   Synonyms:
   stanza, verse, stave

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. staffnoun

   Synonyms:
   rod, stick, cane, truncheon, mace, crozier, support, bourdon

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "staff":

   personnel, personal, employees, officials, officers, staffing, employee, servants, agents, manpower, workforce, officer, staff, collaborators, template, état-major, team, workers, staf, recruitment

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. staff

   Synonyms:
   Medical staff, see there
   

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1. staff

   The staff symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the staff symbol and its characteristic.

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How to use staff in a sentence?

1. Chris McGoey:

   In a hotel we take things for granted like a local direct-dial phone, an on-duty operator, and desk staff.

2. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   After consultations with the defense minister, the chief of staff and Israel's top defense officials, we decided on powerful action against Hamas terrorism, the Israeli armed forces delivered the strongest blow against Hamas since (the 2014 Gaza war) and we will increase the intensity of our attacks as necessary.

3. Simon Byrne:

   The minute we go into that area in a way that looks like checkpoints, or supporting other agencies to staff checkpoints, we become a target for those dissident Republicans.

4. The City of Boulder:

   These cameras play an important role in helping OSMP staff identify important wildlife areas. The information we collect from them is used to recommend habitat-protective measures to help protect sensitive natural areas.

5. Mark Fleischman:

   He was really angry, i think he may have been freebasing, but he used to get extraordinarily hostile towards our staff and other guests. He would get into fights all the time.