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ˈsʌf ərsuf·fer

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 2 votes

  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 Antonyms1.0 / 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 WordNet5.0 / 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, fall back, brook, stick out, tolerate, sustain, turn a loss, meet, recede, endure, drop off, bear, ache, lose

    Antonyms:
    be well, enjoy

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "suffer":

    undergo, suffers, suffering, endure

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How to use suffer in a sentence?

  1. Israeli HMO Maccabi:

    According to Maccabi’s experts this is preliminary data but the numbers are very encouraging, maccabi reports that out of the 20 people infected, 50% suffer from chronic illnesses. All patients experienced a mild illness with symptoms including headaches, cough, weakness or fatigue. No-one was hospitalized or suffered from a fever above 38.5C. Most patients tested for COVID-19 due to exposure to a verified patient.

  2. Martin Luther:

    No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him.

  3. Pope Francis:

    Those who have survived this abuse have become true heralds of mercy. Humbly we owe each of them our gratitude for their great value, as they have had to suffer terrible abuse, sexual abuse of minors.

  4. Goldsmith:

    While the slightest inconveniences of the great are magnified into calamities, while tragedy mouths out their sufferings in all the strains of eloquence, the miseries of the poor are entirely disregarded; and yet some of the lower ranks of people undergo more real hardships in one day than those of a more exalted station suffer in their whole lives.

  5. Karen Amsden:

    I am not kicking him out of my house because I want him to suffer and be miserable and homeless. I just want him to realize where the love and support really is coming from, it's not coming from them. Karen Amsden feels like it is. But they're not going to take Karen Amsden in and help Karen Amsden out and find a job.


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