abide | Definition of abide

1 to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time

refused to abide where it was clear that he wasn't wanted

Synonyms of abide

dwell, hang around, remain, stay, stick around, tarry

Words Related to abide

await, hang on, hold on, wait

dally, dawdle, linger, loiter

outstay, overstay

Near Antonyms of abide

abscond, book [slang], decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skip

abandon, desert, forsake, vacate

Antonyms of abide

bail, bail out, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, exit, get off, go, go off, leave, move, pack (up or off), peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, shove (off), take off, vamoose, walk out

2 to have a home

the charming fantasy that fairies abide in the cup-shaped flowers dotting the woodland floor

Synonyms of abide

dwell, live, reside

Words Related to abide

lodge, settle, stay

frequent, hang (at), haunt, visit

cohabit, inhabit, occupy

people, populate

lease, rent, sublet, tenant

3 to put up with (something painful or difficult)

cannot abide being in huge crowds

Synonyms of abide

absorb, accept, bear, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]

Words Related to abide

allow, permit, suffer, swallow

reconcile (to)

acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)

Phrases Synonymous with abide

live with, lump (it), stand for, tough out (it)

Near Antonyms of abide

decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down

combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist

avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss

abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)

4 to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state

the village's once-honored ways no longer abide and now exist only in the memories of a few elders

Synonyms of abide

bide, continue, endure, hold on, hold up, keep up, last, perdure, persist, remain, run on

Words Related to abide

linger, stay, stick around, tarry

carry through, prevail, survive

Near Antonyms of abide

abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside

Synonyms and Antonyms of abide

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