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| Main Entry: | stand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position, opinion |
| Synonyms: | angle, attitude, belief, carriage, determination, notion, poise, pose, sentiment, slant, sound, stance, standpoint, twist, two cents' worth, view |
| Main Entry: | stand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or get upright |
| Synonyms: | cock, dispose, erect, locate, mount, place, poise, position, put, rank, rise, set, settle, be erect, be on feet, be vertical, jump up |
| Antonyms: | lay, lie, sit |
| Main Entry: | stand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | base, stage |
| Synonyms: | board, booth, bracket, counter, dais, frame, grandstand, place, platform, rack, rank, stall, station, support, table, gantry, staging |
| Main Entry: | stand/stand for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, bear with, brook, cope, countenance, experience, handle, hang on, hold, last, stomach*, submit, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, undergo, wear, weather, withstand, live with, put up with, resign oneself to, stay the course |
| Antonyms: | disobey, forget, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in force, exist |
| Synonyms: | belong, continue, endure, fill, halt, hold, last, obtain, occupy, pause, prevail, remain, rest, stay, stop, take up, be located, be situated, be valid |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject, veto |
| Main Entry: | bleachers |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seating for watching event |
| Synonyms: | grandstand, Ruthville, benches, boxes, seats, stands |
| Main Entry: | abide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | submit to, put up with |
| Synonyms: | accept, acknowledge, bear, bear with*, concede, consent, defer, endure, hang tough*, receive, sit tight*, stand, stand for, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand, be big about, hang in, hang in there, live with, put up with |
| Antonyms: | despise, dispute, pass, quit, reject, resist, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put up with |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, assent, bear, bear with, bow, capitulate, defer to, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, endure, fit in, go along with, live with, play the game, recognize, respect, sit still for, stand, stand for, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, yield to |
| Notes: | accept is 'take or agree to' and except means 'exclude, leave out' |
| Antonyms: | demur, disallow, reject |
| Main Entry: | afford |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | able to have or do; within financial means |
| Synonyms: | allow, bear, incur, manage, spare, stand, support, sustain, be able to, be disposed to, have enough for, have the means for |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit an action |
| Synonyms: | accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, hear of, indulge, let, license, oblige, okay, pass, recognize, release, sanction, stand, suffer, support, tolerate, warrant, be big, be game for, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hold with, live with, pass on, put up with, sit still for, take kindly to |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, stand, or go up |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, jump, mount, rise, rise and shine*, soar, stand, tower, turn out, move upward, pile out*, roll out*, wake up |
| Antonyms: | lay, lie, sit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental outlook |
| Synonyms: | air, angle, approach, belief, bent, bias, character, demeanor, disposition, frame of mind, inclination, leaning, mental state, mood, notion, opinion, perspective, philosophy, point of view, position, posture, predilection, prejudice, proclivity, reaction, routine, sensibility, sentiment, set, slant, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, temper, temperament, twist, view, headset, like it is, mindset, mindtrip, say so, where one is at |
| Main Entry: | attitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stance |
| Synonyms: | aspect, bearing, carriage, manner, mien, pose, position, posture, stand |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation |
| Synonyms: | basement, basis, bed, bedrock, bottom, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, infrastructure, pedestal, rest, root, seat, seating, stand, support, underpinning, substratum, substructure |
| Antonyms: | top |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, act, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive, be alive, have being, have place |
| Main Entry: | bearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's conduct, posture |
| Synonyms: | address, air, aspect, attitude, behavior, carriage, demeanor, deportment, display, front, look, manner, mien, poise, port, pose, presence, set, stand, comportment |
| Main Entry: | booth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small enclosure or building |
| Synonyms: | berth, box, compartment, coop, corner, counter, cubbyhole, cubicle, hut, hutch, nook, pen, pew, repository, shed, stall, stand, carrel, cote, dispensary |
| Main Entry: | brook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, accept |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, bear, countenance, go, hear of, sit tight*, stand, stomach, suffer, support, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand, be big, hang in, hang in there, live with, put up with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compete, fight |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, clash, confront, contest, controvert, cope, dispute, emulate, encounter, face, give all one's got, give one's all, go after, go for, go for broke, go for it*, go for jugular, grapple, have at*, jockey for position, jostle, knock oneself out, litigate, lock horns*, make play for, meet, mix it up with, oppose, oppugn, push, push for, resist, rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tangle with, tug, vie, withstand |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, give up, leave, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument for idea |
| Synonyms: | advancement, affirmation, allegation, assertion, avowal, belief, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, discussion, explanation, ground, hurrah, hypothesis, idea, opinion, plea, position, profession, rumpus, stand, thesis, view, asseveration, contestation, demurrer, maintaining, predication |
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