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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or get upright |
| Synonyms: | be erect, be on feet, be vertical, cock, dispose, erect, jump up, locate, mount, place, poise, position, put, rank, rise, set, settle |
| Antonyms: | lay, lie, sit |
| Main Entry: | stand/stand for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, bear with, brook, cope, countenance, experience, handle, hang on, hold, last, live with, put up with, resign oneself to, stay the course, stomach*, submit, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, undergo, wear, weather, withstand |
| Antonyms: | disobey, forget, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | afford |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | able to have or do; within financial means |
| Synonyms: | allow, be able to, be disposed to, bear, have enough for, have the means for, incur, manage, spare, stand, support, sustain |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit an action |
| Synonyms: | accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, be big, be game for, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hear of, hold with, indulge, let, license, live with, oblige, okay, pass, pass on, put up with, recognize, release, sanction, sit still for, stand, suffer, support, take kindly to, tolerate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, stand, or go up |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, jump, mount, move upward, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, soar, stand, tower, turn out, wake up |
| Antonyms: | lay, lie, sit |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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