stayer
One who endures
A stayer is someone or something that persists rather than giving up—one who stays the course.
The word appears most often in horse racing, where a stayer is a horse with stamina for long-distance races rather than sprints: The mare proved herself a stayer in the two-mile event.
More broadly, it describes anyone with endurance: He's not flashy, but he's a stayer.
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
persistence · tenacity · stamina · resolve · willpower · steadfastness · patience · discipline
Of pure ancestral line
- racehorseEquine bred for speed
- distanceSpace between two points
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- furlongs220-yard units
jockey · derby · handicap · steeplechase · turf · track · Belmont · Epsom
Loyalty owed to authority
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
fealty · adherence · attachment · dependability · reliability · trustworthiness · supporter · true-blue
perseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
grit · persistence · tenacity · stamina · resolve · willpower · steadfastness · patience · discipline · commitment
thoroughbred
Of pure ancestral line
furlongs · jockey · derby · handicap · steeplechase · turf · track · Belmont · Epsom · Ascot
allegiance
Loyalty owed to authority
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
constancy · fealty · adherence · attachment · dependability · reliability · trustworthiness · supporter · true-blue · stalwart
inhabitant
One who resides somewhere
settler · local · long-term · established · permanent · rooted · fixture · regular · old-timer · mainstay
- horse racingthoroughbred, horse racing, racehorse, flat race, horses
- horseshorse, mare, mares, stallion, stallions
- greyhound racinggreyhound, greyhounds, racing greyhound, greyhound racing, dog track
- lingering personlingerer, loiterer, dawdler, straggler, overstayer
- Racehorsesracehorse, thoroughbred, standardbred, colt, filly
- Sighthoundssighthound, Irish Wolfhound, greyhound, whippet, saluki
stayersprinter
Short-distance racing specialist
speedster · quarter horse · front-runner · dasher · miler
- stay homeNot go anywhere
- stay awayRemain at distance
- stay putRemain in place
- stay upNot go to bed
- stay tunedAwait further information
- staying upRemaining awake past bedtime
stay, staying, stayed, overstay, staycation, outstay, overstayed, overstaying, outstayed