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Synonyms and Antonyms of endure

1 to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it
  • an elderly couple who have endured the ups and downs of a half century of married life
Synonyms of endure

experience, feel, have, know, pass, see, suffer, sustain, taste, undergo, witness
Words Related to endure

encounter, meet

accept, receive

assimilate, digest
Phrases Synonymous with endure

go through
2 to put up with (something painful or difficult)
  • at some point we all have to endure the loss of a beloved pet
Synonyms of endure

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

allow, permit, suffer, swallow

reconcile (to)

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

live with, lump (it), stand for, tough out (it)
Near Antonyms of endure

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)
3 to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
  • the fashion business is built on change, since nobody expects a particular clothing style to endure
Synonyms of endure

abide, bide, continue, hold on, hold up, keep up, last, perdure, persist, remain, run on
Words Related to endure

linger, stay, stick around, tarry

carry through, prevail, survive
Near Antonyms of endure

abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane
Antonyms of endure

cease, close, conclude, desist, die, discontinue, end, expire, finish, lapse, leave off, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up

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