sit through

VERB

endure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brave encounter experience face feel go through know ride out suffer sustain tolerate undergo weather withstand

STRONG

abide accustom allow brook countenance eat permit stand stick stomach support swallow take

WEAK

be patient with bear the brunt cope with grin and bear it hang in keep up live out live through meet with never say die put up with repress feelings resign oneself stick it out subject to submit to take it take patiently

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disallow halt hide refuse reject retreat run away stop surrender yield

STRONG

deny disapprove hold keep maintain oppose resist

WEAK

discontinue

VERB

hang tough

Synonyms

WEAK

be patient with bear bear the brunt brave cope with face go through grin and bear it gut it out hang in hang in there keep up live out live through meet with never say die put up with ride out stand stick in there stick it out stomach suffer swallow take take it tough it out weather withstand

VERB

remain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continue endure go on hover last linger live persist prevail stand stop survive wait

STRONG

abide bide bivouac bunk cling delay dwell freeze halt hang inhabit lodge nest outlast outlive pause perch reside rest roost sojourn squat tarry visit

WEAK

be left hang out hold over hold the fort keep on make camp put on hold remain standing sit out sit tight stay behind stay in stay over stay put stick around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease die discontinue go leave lie

STRONG

carry on depart hurry move

WEAK

forge

Example Sentences

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Pro tip: If you’re watching on YouTube, take advantage of one of the multiview options to flip between stages without having to sit through as many commercials.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

This is hard to sit through for me, a father to two Arab toddlers.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

And if he has to sit through commercials to watch “Survivor” on cable, he’ll move on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

He forced Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to sit through a jovial, not-quite-joking discussion of the Great White North as the 51st state.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

I promise they are not dull, for I am not one inclined to sit through pages of nonsense and bloated speech, though perhaps you enjoy works and authors who think very highly of themselves.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

sit through

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