Synonyms for endure
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Suffer — to tolerate or put up with something unpleasant
suffer, tolerate, bear, take, stand, stomach, undergo, put up with informal, allow, experience, bide, forbear, swallow, sustain, brook formal, accept, afford, bear with, put up, stick, permit, pocket
2. Persist — to last
persist, last, live, prevail, remain, exist, live on, stick out, be, go through, go on, run, subsist, dwell, reside
3. Continue — to continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist
continue, hold out, hold, hold on, persevere, keep, bear up, keep up, plug away informal, stay dated
4. Survive — to remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under…
Definitions
- v. 1
To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
The singer's popularity endured for decades.
- v. 2
To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- v. 3
To last.
Our love will endure forever.
- v. 4
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
Forms
- Past participle
- endured
e.g. endured → suffered, tolerated, beared, taken…
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To endure is to bear with strain and resistance, but with conscious power; endure conveys a fuller suggestion of contest and conquest than bear.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- stand I don't mind the cold, but I can't stand the heat.
- suffer The love that I suffer from is a shameful disease.
- tolerate I would say that I tolerate cold better than heat.
- undergo Mary wants to undergo breast augmentation surgery.
- prevail It was unfortunately impossible for us to prevail.
- persist You should persist in your efforts to learn English.
By length
- 2 letters
- be1
- 3 letters
- run1
- 4 letters
- take1, last1, keep1, live1, stay1, hold1, wear1, bear1, defy2, bide1
- 5 letters
- stand1, allow2, stick1, exist2, brave1, brook1, dwell1
- 6 letters
- accept2, remain2, afford2, suffer2, pocket2, permit2, resist2, reside2
- 7 letters
- weather2, survive2, stomach2, swallow2, sustain2, undergo3, persist2, prevail2, subsist2, forbear
- 8 letters
- continue3, tolerate3
- 9 letters
- withstand2, persevere3
- 10 letters
- experience4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (defy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
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