stick up

1. 1.

   rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat

   Synonymshold up

   Broaderrob

   Narrowermug

   crime

2. 2.

   defend against attack or criticism

   “He stood up for his friend”

   “She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student”

   Synonymsstand up

   Broaderdefend

Questions about stick up

What does stick up mean?

stick up means "rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for stick up?

Close synonyms include hold up, stand up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stick up a common word?

stick up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.