abide

Definition of abide

Verbs

dwell
Synonyms:
bide, stay
Types:
visit
stay with as a guest
outstay, overstay
stay too long
Type of:
continue, remain, stay, stay on
continue in a place, position, or situation
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Synonyms:
bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate
Types:
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accept, live with, swallow
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
hold still for, stand for
tolerate or bear
bear up
endure cheerfully
take lying down
suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively
take a joke
listen to a joke at one's own expense
sit out
endure to the end
pay
bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
get one's lumps, take one's lumps
suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions
Type of:
allow, countenance, let, permit
consent to, give permission

Vocabulary Lists for abide

  • abase
  • abash
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abdicate

  • primitive
  • interlace
  • imperious
  • sate
  • aristocrat

GRE Words »(500 words)
GRE study word list
  • abate
  • abdication
  • aberration
  • abet
  • abeyance

  • obdurate
  • cantankerous
  • bellicose
  • fecund
  • moribund

  • noxious
  • spur
  • speck
  • bound
  • repugnance

  • natural philosophy
  • enounce
  • charnel house
  • anatomize
  • emaciate

Words that contain abide