Synonyms for bide
baɪdbide

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1. bide

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

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1. bide

   Synonyms:
   wait, remain, tarry, stay, await, expect, anticipate, continue, bear, abide, endure

   Antonyms:
   quit, depart, migrate, move, resist, resent, repel, abjure, protest, rebel

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1. bide, abide, stayverb

   dwell

   "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

   Synonyms:
   put up, stay, stick, stand, suffer, brook, delay, abide, support, ride out, persist, stomach, digest, tolerate, quell, rest, appease, stick out, remain, stick around, endure, stay on, stay put, last out, outride, bear, continue, detain

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1. • Remain

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1. bideverb

   Synonyms:
   endure, suffer, tolerate, bear, put up with, submit to

2. bideverb

   Synonyms:
   abide, await, wait for

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How to use bide in a sentence?

1. Lauren Cohan:

   So we’re going to bide our time, wait for our moment… and then we’re going to show him.

2. Kuan-Tzu:

   Throw open the gates, set self aside, bide in silence and the radiance of spirit shall come in and make its home.