| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digestive organ of animate being; exterior |
| Synonyms: | abdomen, abdominal region, belly, below the belt, breadbasket, gut, inside, insides, maw, paunch, pot, potbelly, solar plexus, spare tire, tummy |
| Main Entry: | stomach |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | appetite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire for food, worldly goods |
| Synonyms: | appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes, craving, demand, fondness, gluttony, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, itch, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ravenousness, relish, soft spot, stomach, sweet tooth, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, yen, zeal, zest |
| Antonyms: | antipathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repulsion, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, admit, allow, brook, encounter, experience, permit, put up with, stomach, suffer, tolerate, undergo |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, shun |
| Main Entry: | brook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, accept |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, be big, bear, countenance, go, hang in, hang in there, hear of, live with, put up with, sit tight, stand, stomach, suffer, support, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tolerate, endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, brook, go, stand, stomach, swallow, take |
| Main Entry: | endure |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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