| 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: | 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: | 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
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come up against a situation |
| Synonyms: | abide, accost, affront, allow, be confronted by, bear, beard, bit the bullet, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, cope with, countenance, court, cross, dare, deal with, defy, encounter, endure, experience, eyeball, fight, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, meet, oppose, resist, risk, run into, square off, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on, take the bull by the horns, tell off, tolerate, venture, withstand |
| Antonyms: | hide, retreat, run, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, bear, brook, consent to, let, permit, put up with, stand, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, tolerate |
| Antonyms: | surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hang tough |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | 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, sit through, stand, stick in there, stick it out, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, take it, tough it out, weather, withstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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