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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue to live |
| Synonyms: | be extant, be left, bear, carry on, carry through, come through, cut it, endure, exist, get on, get through, go all the way, go the limit, handle, hold out, keep, keep afloat, last, live, live down, live on, live out, live through, make a comeback, make the cut, outlast, outlive, outwear, persevere, persist, pull out of it, pull through, recover, remain, remain alive, revive, ride out, see through, stand up, subsist, suffer, sustain, tough it out, weather, withstand |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
| Antonyms: | cease, die |
| 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: | come through |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | survive bad situation |
| Synonyms: | endure, live through, persist, pull through, ride, ride out, survive, weather storm, withstand |
| Antonyms: | fail |
| Main Entry: | continue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persist, carry on |
| Synonyms: | abide, advance, carry forward, draw out, endure, extend, forge ahead, get on with it, go on, hang in, keep at, keep on, keep on truckin', keep the ball rolling, keep up, last, lengthen, linger, live on, loiter, maintain, make headway, move ahead, never cease, outlast, outlive, perdure, persevere, persist in, press on, progress, project, prolong, promote, pursue, push on, reach, remain, rest, ride, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick at, stick to, survive, sustain, uphold |
| Antonyms: | cease, complete, desist, discontinue, end, finish, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | cope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, contend |
| Synonyms: | battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on, get by, grapple, hack it, hack*, handle, hold one's own, live with, make go of it, make it, make out, make the grade, pit oneself against, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue; be durable |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be left, be long lived, be timeless, bide, carry on, carry through, cling, exist, go on, hang on, have no end, hold, hold on, hold out, keep on, last, linger, live, live on, never say die, outlast, outlive, perdure, persist, prevail, remain, ride out, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick to, superannuate, survive, sustain, wear, wear on, wear well |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
| Antonyms: | discontinue |
| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be living |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be extant, be latent, be present, breathe, continue, endure, happen, last, lie, live, move, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
| Antonyms: | die |
| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get along in life |
| Synonyms: | consist, dwell, eke out a living, endure, get by, go on, inhere, kick*, lie, live, make it, reside, stay alive, subsist, survive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fend for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take care of |
| Synonyms: | eke out existence, look after, make do, make provision for, provide for, stay alive, subsist, support, survive, sustain |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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