stature

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈstætʃɜr/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A person's natural height, especially when standing upright.; The degree of importance, reputation, or standing that a person or thing has achieved, especially through ability or experience.; The level of quality, significance, or development reached by something.; The overall physical build or frame of a person's body.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable / uncountable Plural: statures

Collocations

of great statureof small statureof considerable staturegrow in staturea person of statureachieve stature

Derivatives

statural

Synonyms

heightstandingprestigeeminencereputationimportance

Antonyms

insignificanceobscurity

Commonly confused

statue
EN: 'Statue' is a carved or sculpted figure; 'stature' refers to a person's height or level of respect/importance.
status
EN: 'Status' refers to one's social or professional position; 'stature' emphasizes the degree of respect or importance one has earned.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'stature' (height/importance) with 'statue' (sculpture) or 'status' (social position). Note the '-ure' ending.

💬 Examples

  1. He was a man of short stature but great determination.

  2. She is a scientist of international stature.

  3. The festival has grown in stature over the past decade.

  4. He was a man of imposing stature, broad-shouldered and tall.