Synonyms for abide
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Tolerate — to bear patiently
tolerate, endure, stand, suffer, bear, accept, go on, stick, put up with, stick out, brook, take, live with, bear with, support, put up, undergo, sustain, stomach, last, demur, swallow
2. Bide — to stand ready for; to await someone; watch for
stay US, await, remain, wait for, keep on, wait on, watch, subsist, linger, keep dated, wait rare, bide dated, expect dated, tarry dated, attend dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To endure without yielding; to withstand.
The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
- v. 2
To bear patiently.
"I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
- v. 3
To have one's abode.
- v. 4
To stand ready for; to await someone; watch for.
Related words
- Word family
- abidance abideable abiding-place
- Phrases
- abide by
Forms
- Past participle
- abid
e.g. abid → tolerated, endured, suffered, beared…
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Abide combines the senses of await and endure; as, I will abide the result.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- accept We are sorry we are unable to accept your request.
- suffer The love that I suffer from is a shameful disease.
- tolerate I would say that I tolerate cold better than heat.
- endure They had to endure great hardship during the war.
- atone They'll find out that one day everybody must atone.
By length
- 3 letters
- eld
- 4 letters
- take1, last1, keep1, live1, stay1, wait1, rest1, hold1, bear1, bide1
- 5 letters
- watch1, stand1, stick1, lodge1, brook1, await2, dwell1, atone2, tarry2, demur2
- 6 letters
- expect2, accept2, remain2, suffer2, attend2, settle2, occupy3, endure2, reside2, linger2, repose2
- 7 letters
- support2, stomach2, sustain2, swallow2, undergo3, persist2, prevail2, inhabit3, sojourn2, subsist2
- 8 letters
- tolerate3
- 9 letters
- persevere3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (await2 = 2 syllables).