Synonyms for STANDING
ˈstæn dɪŋstand·ing

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. standingadjective

   Stagnant; not moving or flowing.

   Antonyms:
   moving, working

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. standingnoun

   Synonyms:
   status, position, ground, duration, continuance, footing, standpoint, foundation

   Antonyms:
   baselessness, evanescence, insecurity, precariousness

2. standingadjective

   Synonyms:
   established, lasting, be

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. standingnoun

   social or financial or professional status or reputation

   "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing"

   Antonyms:
   temporary, sitting, impermanent, unerect, seated, irregular

2. standingnoun

   an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event

   Antonyms:
   temporary, seated, impermanent, sitting, irregular, unerect

3. standingadjective

   the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

   Antonyms:
   unerect, impermanent, sitting, seated, temporary, irregular

4. standing(a)adjective

   having a supporting base

   "a standing lamp"

   Antonyms:
   seated, irregular, unerect, temporary, sitting, impermanent

5. standing(a)adjective

   not created for a particular occasion

   "a standing committee"

   Antonyms:
   temporary, sitting, impermanent, unerect, seated, irregular

6. standing(a)adjective

   (of fluids) not moving or flowing

   "mosquitoes breed in standing water"

   Antonyms:
   temporary, impermanent, irregular, unerect, seated, sitting

7. standing(a)adjective

   executed in or initiated from a standing position

   "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation"

   Antonyms:
   unerect, irregular, sitting, impermanent, seated, temporary

8. standingadjective

   (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs

   "standing room only"

   Synonyms:
   standing(a)

   Antonyms:
   temporary, irregular, unerect, seated, sitting, impermanent

9. standingadjective

   permanent

   "a standing army"

   Synonyms:
   standing(a)

   Antonyms:
   sitting, temporary, irregular, unerect, impermanent, seated

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. standingadjective

   Synonyms:
   erect, stagnant, lasting, permanent, persistent

2. standingnoun

   Synonyms:
   status

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "standing":

   permanent, ongoing, reputation, prestige, constant, permanente, continuing, continuous, lifelong, status, on-going, stagnant, position, orders, perennial

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How to use STANDING in a sentence?

1. Kee Kim:

   It’s not just that standing and sitting upright looks better. When you slouch forward at your desk, you are putting almost twice as much strain on the disks than if you were sitting straight up.

2. Alabama Senate:

   I've taken a stand in the past, I'll take a stand in the future and I'll quit standing when they lay me in that box and put me in the ground.

3. Bill Hagerty:

   If you disagree with them, they don't hesitate to use violence, that's not the kind of group that I think our leaders should be standing with.

4. Richard Mills:

   Under the The Biden administration, The United States will continue The Biden administration longstanding policy of opposing one-sided resolutions and other actions in international bodies that unfairly single out Israel, the United States will also work to promote Israel’s standing and participation in United Nations bodies and other international organizations.

5. District Attorney Paul Howard:

   Burns was safely standing at the rear of his own patrol vehicle.