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withstanding
adjective as in defensive
adjective as in on guard
adjective as in recalcitrant
adjective as in tough
noun as in endurance
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in imperviousness
Strong matches
noun as in insusceptibility
Weak matches
- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- immunity
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- imperviousness
- intransigence
- obstruction
- parrying
- protecting
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- unsusceptibility
- warding off
- watch
noun as in renitence
Weak matches
noun as in renitency
Weak matches
noun as in resistance
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Example Sentences
This process enhances functional and evolutionary diversity, both crucial for building resilient ecosystems capable of withstanding climate change.
Extreme phenomena are challenging nature schools’ emphasis on withstanding the elements by simply wearing the right gear.
“These guys are specialists. Not withstanding the latest incident, it is probably more secure.”
If you assume customers will frequently lose or forget to return their containers, for example, then it probably won’t make sense to design thick containers that are capable of withstanding hundreds of uses.
After disastrous second halves in the previous three games, the Lakers were only a minus-2 in the second half Saturday, withstanding every Denver push with consistent and organized offense and just enough defense.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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