Synonyms of the word abide


ABIDEALLOW - BEAR - BIDE - BROOK - CONTINUE - COUNTENANCE - DIGEST - ENDURE - LET - PERMIT - REMAIN - STAND - STAY - STOMACH - SUFFER - SUPPORT - TOLERATE

abide

  • v. Accept, comply or act in accordance.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
  • v. (intransitive) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition;…
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
  • v. (intransitive) To endure; to remain; to last.
  • v. (transitive) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
  • v. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
  • v. (transitive) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
  • v. (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
  • v. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
  • v. A component in at least one phrasal verb: abide by.

allow

  • v. (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
  • v. (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
  • v. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
  • v. (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
  • v. To not bar or obstruct.
  • v. (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
  • v. (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
  • v. (transitive) To render physically possible.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
  • v. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.

bear

  • n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and…
  • n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
  • n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
  • n. (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
  • n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
  • n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
  • n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
  • v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
  • adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices…
  • v. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
  • v. (transitive) To carry something.
  • v. (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
  • v. (transitive) To wear or display.
  • v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
  • v. (transitive) To put up with something.
  • v. (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
  • v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
  • v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
  • v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
  • v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
  • v. (trasitive, intransitive) To take effect; to have influence or force.
  • v. (intransitive, usually with on or upon) To relate or refer.
  • v. (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
  • v. (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
  • v. (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
  • v. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
  • v. (transitive) To admit or be capable of; to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
  • v. (transitive) To manage, wield, or direct; to behave or conduct (oneself).
  • v. (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
  • n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
  • n. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).

bide

  • v. (transitive, chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To wait for; to await.

brook

  • v. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.
  • v. (transitive) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract…
  • n. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
  • n. (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
  • n. (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.

continue

  • v. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
  • v. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
  • v. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position etc.
  • v. (intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
  • v. (intransitive) To resume.
  • v. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
  • v. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
  • n. (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
  • n. (programming) a statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements…

countenance

  • n. Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
  • n. Favour; support; encouragement.
  • n. (obsolete) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
  • n. calm facial expression, composure, self-control.
  • v. (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.

digest

  • v. (transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for…
  • v. (transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and…
  • v. (transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive…
  • v. To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
  • v. (transitive, chemistry) To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical…
  • v. (intransitive) To undergo digestion.
  • v. (medicine, obsolete, intransitive) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
  • v. (medicine, obsolete, transitive) To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To ripen; to mature.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief).
  • n. That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads…
  • n. A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.
  • n. Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list "digest" including a week's postings, or a magazine…
  • n. (cryptography) The result of applying a hash function to a message.

endure

  • v. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
  • v. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
  • v. (intransitive) To last.
  • v. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under…
  • v. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
  • v. (obsolete) To indurate.

let

  • v. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
  • v. (transitive) To leave.
  • v. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
  • v. (transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
  • v. (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
  • v. (transitive) Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
  • n. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
  • v. (archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
  • v. (obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
  • v. (obsolete) To tarry or delay.
  • n. An obstacle or hindrance.
  • n. (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

permit

  • v. (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone).
  • v. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
  • v. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
  • v. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
  • v. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
  • v. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
  • v. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for…
  • n. (obsolete) Formal permission.
  • n. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
  • n. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.

remain

  • n. State of remaining; stay.
  • n. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
  • n. (plural only) remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
  • n. The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
  • v. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left…
  • v. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to…
  • v. To await; to be left to.
  • v. (copulative) To continue in a state of being.

stand

  • v. (heading) To position or be positioned physically.
  • v. (heading) To position or be positioned mentally.
  • v. (heading) To position or be positioned socially.
  • v. (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified…
  • v. (intransitive) To remain without ruin or injury.
  • v. (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
  • n. The act of standing.
  • n. A defensive position or effort.
  • n. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
  • n. A period of performance in a given location or venue.
  • n. A device to hold something upright or aloft.
  • n. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
  • n. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
  • n. (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and…
  • n. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
  • n. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
  • n. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
  • n. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
  • n. (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural).
  • n. (cricket) A partnership.
  • n. (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
  • n. (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
  • n. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
  • n. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own…
  • n. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.

stay

  • v. (transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
  • v. (transitive) To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
  • v. (transitive) To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
  • v. (transitive) To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
  • v. (transitive) To hold the attention of.
  • v. (transitive) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
  • v. (transitive) To wait for; await.
  • v. (intransitive) To rest; depend; rely.
  • v. (intransitive) To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
  • v. (intransitive) To come to an end; cease.
  • v. (intransitive) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a stand; stand.
  • v. (intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.
  • v. (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for an indefinite time; sojourn; abide.
  • v. (intransitive) To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
  • v. (intransitive, used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
  • v. (intransitive) To continue to have a particular quality.
  • v. To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
  • v. (obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
  • v. To cause to cease; to put an end to.
  • v. To fasten or secure with stays.
  • n. A prop; a support.
  • n. (archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
  • n. That which holds or restrains; obstacle; check; hindrance; restraint.
  • n. A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
  • n. (archaic) A standstill; a state of rest; entire cessation of motion or progress.
  • n. A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
  • n. A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
  • n. Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.
  • n. (nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
  • n. Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
  • n. A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
  • n. (obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.
  • n. (nautical) A strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other…
  • n. A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole,…
  • n. (chain-cable) The transverse piece in a link.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
  • v. (intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal) Steep; ascending.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal) (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal) Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal) Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
  • adv. (Britain dialectal) Steeply.

stomach

  • n. An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
  • n. (informal) The belly.
  • n. (obsolete) Pride, haughtiness.
  • n. (obsolete) Appetite.
  • n. (figuratively) Desire, appetite (for something abstract).
  • v. (transitive) To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be angry.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.

suffer

  • v. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
  • v. (intransitive) To feel pain.
  • v. (intransitive) To become worse.
  • v. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To allow.

support

  • n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
  • n. Financial or other help.
  • n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
  • n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
  • n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
  • n. Evidence.
  • n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
  • n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
  • v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
  • v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
  • v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
  • v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
  • v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  • v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
  • v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
  • v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
  • v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
  • v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

tolerate

  • v. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

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