endure [en-door, -dyoor]
Main Entry:
endure [en-door, -dyoor]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bear hardship
Synonyms: abide, accustom, allow, be patient with, bear the brunt, brave, brook, cope with, countenance, eat, encounter, experience, face, feel, go through, grin and bear it, hang in, keep up, know, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, permit, put up with, repress feelings, resign oneself, ride out, sit through, stand, stick, stick it out, stomach*, subject to, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take patiently, tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand
Notes: to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live
Main Entry: abide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: submit to, put up with
Synonyms: accept, acknowledge, be big about, bear, bear with, concede, consent, defer, endure, hang in, hang in there, hang tough, live with, put up with, receive, sit tight, stand, stand for, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand
Antonyms: despise, dispute, pass, quit, reject, resist, shun
Main Entry: abide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remain or continue in a state
Synonyms: continue, endure, keep on, last, persevere, persist, remain, survive
Antonyms: leave, quit, refuse, stop
Main Entry: accept
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put up with
Synonyms: acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, assent, bear, bear with, bow, capitulate, defer to, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, endure, fit in, go along with, live with, play the game, recognize, respect, sit still for, stand, stand for, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, yield to
Notes: accept is 'take or agree to' and except means 'exclude, leave out'
Antonyms: demur, disallow, reject
Main Entry: allow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: permit an action
Synonyms: accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, be big, be game for, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hear of, hold with, indulge, let, license, live with, oblige, okay, pass, pass on, put up with, recognize, release, sanction, sit still for, stand, suffer, support, take kindly to, tolerate, warrant
Antonyms: deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand
Main Entry: be
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exist
Synonyms: abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive
Main Entry: bear with
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tolerate
Synonyms: be patient, endure, forbear, make allowance, put up with, suffer, wait
Antonyms: not bear, not tolerate
Main Entry: carry on
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: continue activity
Synonyms: achieve, endure, hang on, keep going, last, maintain, perpetuate, persevere, persist, proceed
Antonyms: discontinue, stop
Main Entry: cling
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attach to
Synonyms: adhere, be true to, cherish, clasp, cleave to, clutch, cohere, continue, embrace, endure, fasten, freeze to, grasp, grip, hang in, hang onto, hold fast, hug, last, linger, squeeze, stay put, stick, stick like glue
Antonyms: detach, let go, unfasten
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