harboring

VERB

hide, protect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accommodate conceal shelter suppress

STRONG

board bunk defend domicile entertain guard house lodge nurse nurture quarter relieve safeguard screen secrete secure shield withhold

WEAK

hold back provide refuge put up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

turn away

STRONG

disregard endanger forget harm hurt ignore injure lay bare lay open leave let go neglect open reveal uncover

WEAK

eject let out

VERB

hold in imagination

Synonyms

STRONGEST

believe cherish cling to maintain retain

STRONG

consider entertain foster hold imagine nurse nurture regard

WEAK

brood over

Antonyms

STRONG

abandon disbelieve disregard forget ignore neglect reject

WEAK

eject let out uncover

Example Sentences

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She confessed to harboring a top-secret method that has never failed her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Carreras accused the Navy of harboring a "culture of silence"

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Justly or not, it’s tough to emerge on the other side of “Reality Check” without harboring the impression that the “Top Model” creator deserves a seat on a nitro-boosted express train to the hot place.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

What better way to do so than to plan a beautiful road trip through some of the best fall scenery around, only to end in incredible towns harboring rather spooky histories of their own?

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

I felt sorry for the old man because people just don’t go around smiling like that all the time unless they’re mentally unbalanced or harboring extreme anxiety.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel