brook | Definition of brook

brook

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of brook

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I will not brook insults from my own employees

Synonyms of brook

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

Words Related to brook

allow, permit, suffer, swallow

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

Phrases Synonymous with brook

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

Near Antonyms of brook

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)