Antonyms for endure
ɛnˈdʊər, -ˈdyʊəren·dure

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1. endure

   Bear is the most general of these words; it is metaphorically to hold up or keep up a burden of care, pain, grief, annoyance, or the like, without sinking, lamenting, or repining. Allow and permit involve large concession of the will; put up with and tolerate imply decided aversion and reluctant withholding of opposition or interference; whispering is allowed by the school-teacher who does not forbid nor censure it; one puts up with the presence of a disagreeable visitor; a state tolerates a religion which it would be glad to suppress. To endure is to bear with strain and resistance, but with conscious power; endure conveys a fuller suggestion of contest and conquest than bear. One may choose to endure the pain of a surgical operation rather than take anesthetics; he permits the thing to come which he must brace himself to endure when it comes. To afford is to be equal to a pecuniary demand, i. e., to be able to bear it. To brook is quietly to put up with provocation or insult. Abide combines the senses of await and endure; as, I will abide the result. Compare ABIDE; SUPPORT.

   Antonyms:
   break, break down, despair, droop, fail, faint, fall, falter, give out, give up, sink, succumb, surrender, yield

   Synonyms:
   abide, afford, allow, bear, bear up under, bear with, brook, permit, put up with, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, undergo

Matched Categories

1. • Continue
   • Defy
   • Experience
   • Last
   • Measure

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upverb

   put up with something or somebody unpleasant

   "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

   Synonyms:
   bide, project, ache, hold out, run, affirm, underpin, carry, stand up, assume, have, hold, last, sustain, confirm, fend, stay, weather, take over, go, jut, endorse, jut out, turn out, digest, deport, prevail, comport, set up, behave, die hard, pay, jump out, remain firm, offer, tolerate, deliver, indorse, hurt, abide, condense, raise, fend for, back up, stomach, birth, patronage, stand out, live, contribute, stick out, meet, brook, expect, patronize, suffer, concentrate, protrude, acquit, substantiate, brave out, survive, domiciliate, get, put forward, stand, can, post, plunk for, persist, live on, have a bun in the oven, give birth, back, jump, allow, rear, lose, place upright, wear, house, contain, leap out, bear, patronise, subscribe, hold up, corroborate, provide, erect, defend, brave, put up, tin, keep going, accept, bear out, support, resist, plump for, nominate, yield, gestate, permit, conduct

2. weather, endure, brave, brave outverb

   face and withstand with courage

   "She braved the elements"

   Synonyms:
   go, live, put up, stand, last, brave out, brave, support, hold up, hold out, persist, stomach, digest, suffer, live on, brook, prevail, stick out, run, tolerate, wear, survive, bear, abide, weather, die hard

3. survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold outverb

   continue to live through hardship or adversity

   "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"

   Synonyms:
   subsist, perish, give way, hold out, run, lead, experience, give out, conk out, operate, travel, hold, function, die, sustain, stretch forth, last, go away, weather, prevail, go, brave out, rifle, defy, persist, run low, stick up, plump, digest, stomach, hold water, break, pass away, drop dead, withstand, stretch out, tolerate, abide, blend in, run short, get going, locomote, pull through, be, come through, live, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, blend, stick out, brook, stand up, bear, fit, suffer, pull round, outlast, populate, inhabit, belong, dwell, give-up the ghost, go bad, survive, get, stand, expire, become, exist, live on, croak, move, choke, pop off, sound, make it, wear, extend, start, depart, decease, outlive, pass, proceed, break down, exit, conk, fail, buy the farm, detain, hold up, put out, know, brave, put up, exsert, snuff it, resist, support, die hard, stand firm, work, delay

4. suffer, endureverb

   undergo or be subjected to

   "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

   Synonyms:
   weather, digest, abide, tolerate, lose, ache, get, support, hurt, hold out, run, hold up, put up, stick out, meet, survive, live on, last, live, brave, go, stomach, brave out, die hard, have, brook, persist, suffer, stand, wear, sustain, prevail, bear

5. wear, hold out, endureverb

   last and be usable

   "This dress wore well for almost ten years"

   Synonyms:
   wear thin, digest, weather, abide, tolerate, support, hold out, prevail, run, put up, tire, don, put on, wear out, live, extend, stick out, have on, last, assume, stand firm, stretch out, put out, break, fall apart, jade, brave, tire out, wear upon, go, get into, bust, hold up, brave out, die hard, stretch forth, wear off, resist, outwear, brook, exsert, withstand, persist, suffer, wear down, stand, weary, stomach, fatigue, live on, survive, fag out, wear, bear

6. last, endureverb

   persist for a specified period of time

   "The bad weather lasted for three days"

   Synonyms:
   go, put up, live, hold out, stand, last, brave out, abide, support, hold up, persist, stomach, digest, suffer, live on, brook, prevail, stick out, tolerate, wear, brave, survive, bear, run, weather, die hard

7. prevail, persist, die hard, run, endureverb

   continue to exist

   "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

   Synonyms:
   break away, hold out, run, lead, tend, hang in, carry, draw, operate, hold, function, turn tail, track down, last, stay, predominate, go, bunk, brave out, rule, weather, escape, ply, digest, hold on, prevail, execute, die hard, incline, triumph, tolerate, lam, scarper, campaign, melt down, stomach, ladder, live, dominate, head for the hills, flow, hunt down, brook, hang on, persevere, suffer, run for, lean, obtain, range, survive, take to the woods, be given, put up, stand, bleed, scat, persist, live on, move, course, consort, unravel, stick out, extend, hightail it, reign, fly the coop, bear, play, pass, remain, melt, run away, hold up, black market, abide, brave, feed, race, guide, support, hunt, work, wear

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1. endureverb

   Antonyms:
   succumb, falter, yield, surrender

   Synonyms:
   suffer, experience, undergo, stand, brook, tolerate, submit to, abide, sustain, support, bear, last, abide, continue, remain, persist

How to use endure in a sentence?

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

2. Edward Thorndike:

   Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.

3. Swami Brahnmananda:

   The world is so constructed, that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you must also endure its pains. Whether you like it or not, you cannot have one without the other.

4. The Omani Shed:

   Paine is something we have to endure sometime to know how much we may hurt others

5. Charles Robert Darwin:

   False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for everyone takes a salutory pleasure in proving their falseness.

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