| Main Entry: | bump into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
Synonyms: |
chance upon, come across, encounter, hit, light, light upon, luck, meet, meet up with, run across, run into, stumble, tumble |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find out, discover |
Synonyms: |
descry, detect, encounter, expose, hit upon, meet with, spot, surprise, take unawares, turn up, unmask |
Antonyms: |
miss, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | detect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, catch, descry, dig up, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, find, hit on, hit upon, identify, meet, meet with, nose out, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, smell out, smoke out, spot, stumble on, track down, tumble into, turn up, uncover, unmask, wise up to |
Antonyms: |
miss, not see, overlook, pass by |
| Main Entry: | encounter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
Synonyms: |
alight upon, bear, bump into, chance upon, close, come across, come upon, confront, cross the path, descry, detect, espy, experience, face, fall in with, find, front, hit upon, meet, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run smack into, suffer, sustain, turn up, undergo |
Antonyms: |
avoid, evade, retreat, run away |
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bear hardship |
Synonyms: |
abide, accustom, allow, be patient with, bear the brunt, brave, brook, cope with, countenance, eat, encounter, experience, face, feel, go through, grin and bear it, hang in, keep up, know, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, permit, put up with, repress feelings, resign oneself, ride out, sit through, stand, stick, stick it out, stomach*, subject to, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take patiently, tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, win |
Synonyms: |
acquire, attain, be one's lot, earn, fall to the lot, gain, get, meet, meet with, obtain, procure |
Antonyms: |
fail, fall short, forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | hang tough |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
Synonyms: |
be patient with, bear, bear the brunt, brave, cope with, face, go through, grin and bear it, gut it out, hang in, hang in there, keep up, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, put up with, ride out, sit through, stand, stick in there, stick it out, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, take it, tough it out, weather, withstand |
| Main Entry: | have |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
Synonyms: |
allow, be compelled to, be forced to, be one's duty to, be up to, become, consider, enjoy, entertain*, experience, fall on, feel, know, leave, let, meet with, must, need, ought, permit, put up with, rest with, see, should, suffer, sustain, think about, tolerate, undergo |
| Main Entry: | incur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring upon oneself |
Synonyms: |
acquire, arouse, be subjected to, bring down on, catch, contract, draw, earn, expose oneself to, gain, get, induce, meet with, obtain, provoke |
| Main Entry: | locate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find |
Synonyms: |
come across, come upon, detect, determine, discover, establish, ferret out, get at, happen upon, hit upon, hook*, lay one's hands on, light upon, meet with, pick up on, pin down, pinpoint, place, position, read, search out, smell out, smoke out, spot, station, strike, stumble on, track down, trip over, uncover, unearth, zero in on |
Antonyms: |
lose, miss |