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tolerate
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, tolerate |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, bear with, bite the bullet, brook, digest, grin and bear it, live with, put up with, reconcile oneself, resign oneself, stand, submit to, suffer, swallow, sweat, take, tolerate |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | suffer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, permit |
| Synonyms: | abide, accept, acquiesce, admit, allow, bear, bear with, bleed, bow, brave, brook, carry the torch, concede, countenance, encounter, experience, feel, go through, have, hurt, indulge, know, let, license, live with, put up with, receive, sanction, see, sit and take it, stand, stomach*, submit, support, sustain, swallow*, sweat*, take it, take*, tolerate, undergo, wait out, yield |
| Antonyms: | disallow, fight, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, bear with, brook, carry on, continue, countenance, go, go through, handle, keep up, live with, maintain, put up with, stand, stand for, stay the course, stick it out, stomach*, submit, suffer, swallow*, sweat out, take, tolerate, undergo, wait out |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sustain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, experience |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, bear up under, bear with, brook, digest, encounter, feel, go, hang in, have, know, live with, put up with, see, stand up to, stand*, stomach*, suffer, take it, tolerate, undergo, withstand |
| Antonyms: | abstain, discontinue, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sweat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | worry about; bear |
| Synonyms: | abide, agonize, be on pins and needles, be on tenterhooks, brook, chafe, endure, exert, fret, go, labor, lose sleep over, stand, stay the course, stick it out, stomach*, suffer, take, toil, tolerate, torture, work hard |
| Antonyms: | be calm, ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, accept, accommodate, bear, bear with, brave, brook, contain, give access, go, go through, grin and bear it, hack*, hang in, hang on, hang tough, hold, let in, live with, put up with, receive, ride out, stand, stand for, stick it out, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take it, take it lying down, take it on the chin, tolerate, undergo, weather, welcome, withstand |
| Antonyms: | avoid, discontinue, dodge, refuse, reject, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept, endure |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, agree, bear with, bite the bullet, capitulate, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, face the music, go along with, grin and bear it, hang tough, live with, play the game, put up with, sit still for, stand for, stick it out, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, take one's lumps, take one's medicine, tolerate |
| Main Entry: | undergo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be subjected to |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, bear up, bow, defer, encounter, endure, experience, feel, go through, have, know, meet with, put up with, see, share, stand, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, weather, withstand, yield |
| Antonyms: | commit, do, execute |
| Main Entry: | understand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appreciate, comprehend |
| Synonyms: | accept, apprehend, be aware, be conscious of, be with it, catch, catch on, conceive, deduce, discern, distinguish, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, get the hang of, get the idea, get the picture, get the point, get*, grasp, have knowledge of, identify with, infer, interpret, ken, know, learn, make out, make sense of, master, note, penetrate, perceive, possess, read, realize, recognize, register, savvy*, see, seize, sense, sympathize, take in*, take meaning, tolerate |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, misunderstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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