Synonyms for Suffer
ˈsʌf ərsuf·fer

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1. suffer

   We allow that which we do not attempt to hinder; we permit that to which we give some express authorization. When this is given verbally it is called permission; when in writing it is commonly called a permit. There are establishments that any one will be allowed to visit without challenge or hindrance; there are others that no one is allowed to visit without a permit from the manager; there are others to which visitors are admitted at specified times, without a formal permit. We allow a child's innocent intrusion; we concede a right; grant a request; consent to a sale of property; permit an inspection of accounts; sanction a marriage; tolerate the rudeness of a well-meaning servant; submit to a surgical operation; yield to a demand or necessity against our wish or will, or yield something under compulsion; as, the sheriff yielded the keys at the muzzle of a revolver, and allowed the mob to enter. Suffer, in the sense of mild concession, is now becoming rare, its place being taken by allow, permit, or tolerate. Compare PERMISSION.

   See also synonyms for PROHIBIT.

   Synonyms:
   admit, allow, concede, consent to, grant, let, permit, sanction, tolerate, yield

   Antonyms:
   deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand

   Preposition:
   To allow of (in best recent usage, simply to allow) such an action; allow one in such a course; allow for spending-money.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. suffer

   Synonyms:
   bear, endure, sustain, undergo, let, permit, allow, admit, tolerate, experience, support

   Antonyms:
   resist, repel, expel, reject, disallow, repudiate, forbid, ignore

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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, endure, 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

   Antonyms:
   be well, enjoy

2. suffer, sustain, have, getverb

   undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

   "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

   Synonyms:
   bring forth, take, dumbfound, ache, make, endure, mystify, experience, develop, draw, have, maintain, hold, become, sustain, confirm, receive, keep, scram, consume, go, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, put up, fix, pay back, digest, get under one's skin, suffer, stick, puzzle, set about, affirm, get down, incur, deliver, hurt, contract, abide, grow, prolong, beat, stomach, start, tolerate, birth, arrest, accept, meet, brook, give, bring, bewilder, mother, own, buzz off, catch, set out, let, feature, obtain, beget, substantiate, flummox, get, generate, stand, have got, find, amaze, take in, vex, start out, convey, capture, give birth, aim, induce, throw, perplex, lose, stupefy, gravel, begin, stick out, fetch, nourish, father, bear, nurture, hold up, arrive, corroborate, produce, acquire, come, keep up, pay off, pose, possess, support, bugger off, cause, ingest, nonplus, commence, baffle

   Antonyms:
   be well, enjoy

3. sufferverb

   experience (emotional) pain

   "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"

   Synonyms:
   get, have, put up, stand, hurt, abide, support, stomach, digest, brook, stick out, tolerate, sustain, meet, endure, bear, ache, lose

   Antonyms:
   be well, enjoy

4. 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, endure, 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

   Antonyms:
   be well, enjoy

5. sufferverb

   get worse

   "His grades suffered"

   Synonyms:
   get, have, put up, stand, hurt, abide, support, stomach, digest, brook, stick out, tolerate, sustain, meet, endure, bear, ache, lose

   Antonyms:
   enjoy, be well

6. suffer, hurtverb

   feel pain or be in pain

   Synonyms:
   injure, get, have, put up, offend, stand, hurt, smart, abide, support, wound, stomach, digest, suffer, spite, brook, anguish, stick out, tolerate, sustain, pain, meet, endure, bruise, bear, ache, lose

   Antonyms:
   be well, enjoy

7. hurt, ache, sufferverb

   feel physical pain

   "Were you hurting after the accident?"

   Synonyms:
   injure, get, hurt, abide, endure, stand, suffer, lose, smart, tolerate, meet, support, stick out, wound, stomach, sustain, pine, spite, brook, bear, yen, bruise, yearn, pain, offend, languish, digest, have, anguish, ache, put up

   Antonyms:
   be well, enjoy

8. sufferverb

   feel unwell or uncomfortable

   "She is suffering from the hot weather"

   Synonyms:
   get, have, put up, stand, hurt, abide, support, stomach, digest, brook, stick out, tolerate, sustain, meet, endure, bear, ache, lose

   Antonyms:
   enjoy, be well

9. sufferverb

   be given to

   "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"

   Synonyms:
   get, have, put up, stand, hurt, abide, support, stomach, digest, brook, stick out, tolerate, sustain, meet, endure, bear, ache, lose

   Antonyms:
   be well, enjoy

10. suffer, meetverb

    undergo or suffer

    "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

    Synonyms:
    conform to, digest, abide, tolerate, lose, ache, get, support, satisfy, touch, fulfill, adjoin, endure, fit, fulfil, meet, converge, see, receive, play, contact, put up, stick out, encounter, get together, stomach, cope with, fill, hurt, run into, run across, come across, have, take on, brook, match, suffer, stand, assemble, foregather, sustain, forgather, gather, bear

    Antonyms:
    be well, enjoy

11. suffer, loseverb

    be set at a disadvantage

    "This author really suffers in translation"

    Synonyms:
    miss, get, have, put up, mislay, stand, hurt, abide, fall behind, support, misplace, stomach, digest, suffer, fall back, brook, stick out, tolerate, sustain, turn a loss, meet, recede, endure, drop off, bear, ache, lose

    Antonyms:
    be well, enjoy

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Experience
   • Feel
   • Perceive
   • Tend
   • Worsen

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1. sufferverb

   Synonyms:
   undergo, feel, meet with, experience, go through

2. sufferverb

   Synonyms:
   endure, sustain, support, tolerate, bear, POCKET, bear up under, put up with

3. sufferverb

   Synonyms:
   permit, allow, indulge, admit, let, give permission to, give leave to

4. sufferverb

   Synonyms:
   feel pain

5. sufferverb

   Synonyms:
   be put to inconvenience

6. sufferverb

   Synonyms:
   be punished, undergo punishment

7. sufferverb

   Synonyms:
   be injured, be impaired, sustain loss or damage

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1. List of paraphrases for "suffer":

   undergo, suffers, suffering, endure

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How to use Suffer in a sentence?

1. Dr. Jose P. Rizal:

   He who would love much has also much to suffer.

2. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   There are more things, Lucilius, that frighten us than injure us, and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.

3. Arturo Bueno:

   The new generation did not suffer what we did, they did not see what we did, they don't know how the Castros are.... It's an oppression, and the new generations don't know that and they don't know the Cuba I know, and for them it's different and for them it's an advancement, but it doesn't compare what we saw.

4. Alice Hill:

   We need to help these countries deal with the impact of climate change, and make sure that they are able to turn to clean energy sources rather than dirty energy sources, it is in our interest to help countries better prepare both for climate risks and to combat the virus, because we will suffer reverberations as a result of other governments being unable to handle the issues in their own countries.

5. District Attorney Janet DiFiore:

   Throughout his five years, Garnett Spears was forced to suffer through repeated hospitalizations, unneeded surgical procedures and ultimately poisoning with salt, all at the hands of the one person who should have been his ultimate protector: his mother, using the child’s 'illnesses' to self aggrandize herself, her actions directly lead to her son’s tortured death.