Antonyms for adhere
ædˈhɪərad·her·e

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1. adhereverb

   Antonyms:
   cleave

2. adhereverb

   Antonyms:
   cleave

3. adhereverb

   Antonyms:
   cleave

4. adhereverb

   Antonyms:
   cleave

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. adhere

   Antonyms:
   fluctuate, hesitate, oscillate, swerve, undulate, vacillate, vary, veer, waver

   Synonyms:
   abide, hold fast, persist, stand fast, stay, stick

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1. adhere

   Antonyms:
   disunite, part, separate, divide, secede, sunder, sever

   Synonyms:
   stick, cohere, cleave, hold, attach, unite, fix, join, cling

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1. adhereverb

   be compatible or in accordance with

   "You must adhere to the rules"

   Synonyms:
   cleave, stick to, bond, stick, cling, cohere, stick by, hold fast, stand by, bind

2. adhereverb

   follow through or carry out a plan without deviation

   "They adhered to their plan"

   Synonyms:
   cleave, stick to, bond, stick, cling, cohere, stick by, hold fast, stand by, bind

3. cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohereverb

   come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

   "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

   Synonyms:
   stand by, stupefy, stick by, baffle, stick, perplex, cleave, bond, get, mystify, flummox, cling, bind, beat, stick around, nonplus, rive, dumbfound, split, lodge, sting, hold fast, deposit, amaze, stick to, stay put, gravel, cohere, stay, hang, bewilder, wedge, vex, pose, puzzle

4. adhere, stickverb

   be a devoted follower or supporter

   "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"

   Synonyms:
   get, stick, bewilder, hold fast, stay, cohere, pose, puzzle, amaze, gravel, stand by, mystify, nonplus, stick to, stick by, baffle, cling, cleave, stick around, beat, bind, flummox, wedge, dumbfound, perplex, stay put, deposit, sting, vex, lodge, stupefy, bond

5. stand by, stick by, stick, adhereverb

   be loyal to

   "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"

   Synonyms:
   stand by, stupefy, stick by, baffle, stick, perplex, cleave, bond, get, mystify, flummox, cling, bind, beat, stick around, nonplus, dumbfound, cohere, lodge, sting, hold fast, stick about, deposit, amaze, stick to, stay put, gravel, stay, bewilder, wedge, vex, pose, puzzle

6. adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick toverb

   stick to firmly

   "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

   Synonyms:
   stand by, stupefy, stick by, baffle, attach, perplex, tie up, cleave, bond, get, mystify, bandage, flummox, cling, bind, cohere, truss, stick around, constipate, nonplus, beat, draw together, stick, dumbfound, follow, obligate, lodge, sting, hold fast, tie, oblige, deposit, amaze, tie down, stick to, stay put, gravel, stay, bewilder, wedge, vex, pose, stick with, hold, puzzle, bring together

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ADHERE

   Synonyms:
   Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry

How to use adhere in a sentence?

1. Florida State President John Thrasher:

   I fully support Coach Fisher's decisions to immediately suspend and subsequently dismiss De'Andre Johnson from the football team, while it is always important to adhere to due process, having now seen the physical altercation captured on video, there is no question in my mind that Coach Fisher made the correct decisions.

2. Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun:

   Overseas anti-terrorism operations by the military and People's Armed Police must respect the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, adhere to the norms of international relations and fully respect the sovereignty of the country concerned, going forward, whether or not to send the military and People's Armed Police overseas to fight terrorism, will be arranged in accordance with a unified national plan.

3. David Maxwell:

   The coronavirus crisis has exposed the [Chinese Communist Party] CCPs strategy to infiltrate and dominate international institutions for two main reasons: to ensure they act favorably toward the PRC and to prevent admittance of Taiwan to any international organizations, at the very basic level, it is about ensuring these organizations accept and adhere to the One China concept.

4. Adam Schiff:

   I think we are completely of one mind that if people refuse to respond to questions, refuse to produce documents without justification, that we will hold them in criminal contempt and refer them to the Trump Justice Department, and unlike the last four years we expect Trump Justice Department to adhere to the principle that no one's above the law.

5. Abdul Qader al Khatib:

   They (the investigators) are focusing on whether my client had influenced (his nephew) and if he had motivated him. There is no basis to this as both do not adhere to any religious ideology.

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