Synonyms of suffer
72 similar words · 3 opposite words
Another word for suffer is hurt. Other synonyms of suffer are ache, anguish, agonize, brook and allow. The opposite of suffer is relax.
Synonyms and similar words for suffer
verbTo feel pain.
verbTo become worse.
- deteriorate
- worsen
- atrophy
- break down
- decline
- degenerate
- devolveTo degenerate; to break down.
- confound
- fade
- fall off
- go bad
- go downhillTo worsen or degenerate.
- go leftTo take a turn for the worse, to go horribly wrong.
- go off
- go pear-shapedTo go awry; to go wrong.
- go sideways
- go southTo become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse.
- go to hell
- go to pot
- go to seed
- go to the dogsTo decline or deteriorate shockingly.
- go wrongTo worsen; to fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome.
- lapse
- molderA surname.
- pejorateTo become or make (something) worse; to deteriorate, to worsen.
- retrograde
- spend
- sweal
- shrivel
- tabefy
- wither
- wither awayTo atrophy, or waste away.
- wane
- wanseTo wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.
- crack archaic
verbTo endure, undergo.
- bearTo endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
- dreeTo bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.
- abear
- abideTo bear patiently.
- aby British, dialectalTo endure or tolerate (something); to experience.
- accept
- allowTo not bar or obstruct.
- bide dialectal
- brookTo bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
- endureTo tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- 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
- put up withTo endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying.
- stand
- stickTo tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- stomach
- swallowTo put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
- takeTo suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- take sitting downTo tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.
- tolerate
- undergang British, dialectalTo undergo; pass through; endure.
- undergoTo suffer or endure; bear with.
verbTo allow.
verbMore synonyms
- acheTo suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- hurtTo be painful.
- pain IndiaTo feel pain; to hurt.
- passionTo suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
- wark British, dialectalTo be in pain; ache.
- wring figurativelyTo experience distress, pain, punishment, etc.
- throe obsoleteTo feel throes; to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Opposite of suffer
Meaning of suffer
- verb To undergo hardship.
- verb To feel pain.
- verb To become worse.
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