Synonyms of abide
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Another word for abide is stay. Other synonyms of abide are endure, continue, brook, undergo and suffer.
Synonyms and similar words for abide
verbTo endure without yielding; to withstand.
- hold onWait a short while.
- resist
- bear up
- carry on
- continueTo remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
- endureTo continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
- follow upTo take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain...
- hang in there
- hold out
- hold the lineTo firmly maintain one's viewpoint, principles, or situation; to refuse to change one's practices or plans.
- hold up
- keep a stiff upper lip British
- keep trying
- keep up
- persevere
- persist
- plod
- plug
- plug awayTo persist or continue, as with an effort.
- soldier onTo continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty.
- stayTo remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- stay the courseTo persist or continue, especially in the face of difficulties.
- stay the distanceSynonym of stay the course.
- stick it outTo persist or continue to the end.
- stick to
- stick by one's guns
- stick to one's guns
- stick withTo persist in using or employing.
- stick with it
- astand obsoleteTo remain standing; continue; abide; persist; onstand.
verbTo bear patiently.
- brookTo bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
- put up withTo endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying.
- tolerate
- abear
- aby British, dialectalTo endure or tolerate (something); to experience.
- accept
- allow
- bearTo endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
- bide dialectalTo dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
- dree British, dialectalTo bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.
- forbear
- go along withTo acquiesce to or comply with a proposal, despite lacking a desire or value for it.
- live with
- passTo live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- pouch
- stand
- stickTo tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- stomach
- sufferTo endure, undergo.
- swallowTo put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
- take
- take sitting downTo tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.
- thole British, dialectalTo endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
- undergang British, dialectalTo undergo; pass through; endure.
- undergoTo suffer or endure; bear with.
verbTo pay for; to take the consequences of.
verbTo wait in expectation.
- back that train upSaid to a person who is speaking or acting too hastily.
- bide one's timeTo wait, especially for a suitable opportunity.
- defer
- hang on
- hold one's breath
- hold one's horsesTo be patient; to wait.
- hold one's waterTo be patient; to control one's impulses.
- mark time
- stand byTo wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
- twiddle one's thumbs
- wait
- expect obsoleteTo wait for; to await.
verbTo have one's abode.
verbTo stand ready for; to await someone; watch for.
- await
- wait forTo wait until the specified event occurs.
- attendTo look out or wait for (someone, or something such as a decision or event); to await.
- remainTo continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
- wait on
- keep obsolete
- tarry datedTo linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
- tend obsolete
Meaning of abide
- verb To endure without yielding; to withstand.
- verb To bear patiently.
- verb To pay for; to take the consequences of.
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