stabilized
No longer wobbling
Stabilized describes something that has been made stable or steady after a period of change or uncertainty.
A patient's condition stabilizes when vital signs stop fluctuating.
Markets stabilize after volatility.
The medication stabilized her mood.
In technical contexts, stabilized refers to substances treated to prevent deterioration or equipment fitted with devices to reduce unwanted movement: stabilized camera footage, stabilized fuel.
Strengthened with external bracing
- bracedSteadied against force
- bolsteredStrengthened or supported
- fortifiedMade more resistant
- strengthenedMade more robust
supported · propped · girded · shored · consolidated · hardened · toughened · solidified
Fixed, unvarying quantity
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
- unchangingNot varying at all
- evenUniform and level
level · settled · stationary · invariable · persistent · reliable · dependable · unfluctuating
Joined or held together
- securedMade fast or obtained
- mooredSecured by line
- boltedFastened or fled suddenly
- clampedSecured by compression
affixed · locked · pinned · riveted · screwed · welded · soldered · cemented
State of balance
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- calibratedAdjusted for accuracy
harmonized · equanimity · symmetry · proportion · evenness · alignment · poise · levelness
buttressed
Strengthened with external bracing
strengthened · supported · propped · girded · shored · consolidated · hardened · toughened · solidified · armored
constant
Fixed, unvarying quantity
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
- unchangingNot varying at all
even · level · settled · stationary · invariable · persistent · reliable · dependable · unfluctuating · maintained
fastened
Joined or held together
clamped · affixed · locked · pinned · riveted · screwed · welded · soldered · cemented · bonded
equilibrium
State of balance
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
calibrated · harmonized · equanimity · symmetry · proportion · evenness · alignment · poise · levelness · moderation
settled
No longer in question
placid · soothed · quieted · pacified · eased · relaxed · unruffled · collected · centered · grounded
- stabilitysteady, firmness, equilibrium, unsteady, steadiness
- wood statesdried, dry, wet, green, raw
- hardenedhardened, solidified, petrified, fossilized, calcified
- controlledcontrolled, managed, regulated, restrained, contained
- positionedplaced, positioned, situated, located, set
- drug formstablet form, powder form, oral, injectable, topical
stabilizedunstable
Prone to sudden change
unsteady · wobbly · unbalanced · shaky · top-heavy
stabilizeddestabilized
Made less secure
destabilize · destabilised · upset · disrupted · unsettled
stabilizedvolatile
Liable to sudden change
fluctuating · erratic · unpredictable · variable · oscillating
- mood stabilizerDrug regulating emotional fluctuations
- rent stabilizationLaws limiting lease increases
- image stabilizationTechnology preventing motion blur
- image stabilizerReduces camera shake blur
- spin stabilizationRotation-induced orientation maintenance
- camera stabilizerShake-reducing filming equipment
stabilize, stabilizer, stabilizing, destabilize, stabilization, stabilizers, stabilizes, destabilizing, destabilized