staff
Definitions
Noun
- Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- A strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- The body of teachers and administrators at a school
- Building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- A rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
Verb
- Provide with staff
- Serve on the staff of
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "staff".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | staff | 1 | 113 |
| 2 | staffs | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | staffed | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | falstaff | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | hackstaff | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | staff's | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | staffing | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | stafford | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | staffordshire | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | bickerstaff | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | biggerstaff | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | blickenstaff | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | falstaff's | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | flagstaff | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | flagstaffs | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | grandstaff | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | grindstaff | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | langstaff | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | longstaff | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | overstaff | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | overstaffed | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | pinkstaff | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | staffa | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | staffer | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | staffers | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | staffieri | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | stafford's | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | staffordshire's | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | understaff | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | understaffed | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | wagstaff | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "staff".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "staff".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "staff" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | staff of | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "staff" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "staff" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chief | 1 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 31
Sound Alikes: 3
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 3
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 7
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
‘Hostile environment’: Hayden staff ask council to publicly defend them from harassment, social media attacks
Mar 16, 2026 Steamboat Pilot
Mar 16, 2026 Steamboat Pilot
Portland Community College strike continues as staff unions conduct all-day mediation
Mar 16, 2026 Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
Mar 16, 2026 Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB