Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > S Synonyms of stapes Find synonyms for: Noun1. stapes, stirrup, auditory ossicleusage: the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochleaWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.Definition and meaning of stapes (Dictionary) ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: guilloche Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language