Related Searches
on Ask.com
suffer - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | suffer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in pain |
| Synonyms: | ache, agonize, ail, brave, deteriorate, droop, endure, experience, fall off, flag, get, go through, grieve, hurt, languish, pain, sicken, smart, undergo, writhe, be affected, be at disadvantage, be convulsed, be handicapped, be impaired, be racked, be wounded, complain of, feel wretched, have a bad time |
| Antonyms: | aid, alleviate, assist, comfort, help, relieve |
| Main Entry: | suffer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, permit |
| Synonyms: | abide, accept, acquiesce, admit, allow, bear, bear with, bleed, bow, brave, brook, concede, countenance, encounter, experience, feel, go through, have, hurt, indulge, know, let, license, receive, sanction, see, stand, stomach*, submit, support, sustain, swallow*, sweat*, take*, take it*, tolerate, undergo, yield, carry the torch, live with, put up with, sit and take it, wait out |
| Antonyms: | disallow, fight, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ache |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical |
| Synonyms: | hurt, pain, pound, smart, suffer, throb, twinge, be sore |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain |
| Main Entry: | bear up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | carry on, persevere, suffer, withstand, soldier on |
| Main Entry: | bear with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tolerate |
| Synonyms: | endure, forbear, suffer, wait, be patient, make allowance, put up with |
| Antonyms: | not bear, not tolerate |
| Main Entry: | brave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure bad situation |
| Synonyms: | bear, beard, challenge, confront, court, dare, defy, face, go through, risk, suffer, support, take on, venture, withstand, face off, fly in the face of, outdare, stand up to |
| Antonyms: | capitulate, complain, dodge, fear, hide, skip, break down, give up, run away |
| 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: | come down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | worsen |
| Synonyms: | decline, decrease, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, fail, fall, reduce, suffer, go downhill |
| Antonyms: | boost, improve |
| Main Entry: | come in for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be eligible for something |
| Synonyms: | acquire, endure, get, receive, suffer, bear brunt |
| Main Entry: | cope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, contend |
| Synonyms: | battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on, get by, grapple, hack it*, hack*, handle, hold one's own, live with, make go of it, make it, make out*, make the grade, pit oneself against, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hang tough |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | bear, brave, face, go through, keep up, stand, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, take it*, weather, withstand, be patient with, bear the brunt, cope with, grin and bear it, gut it out, hang in, hang in there, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, put up with, ride out*, sit through, stick in there, stick it out, tough it out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | languish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | droop; become dull, listless |
| Synonyms: | brood, decline, desire, deteriorate, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, faint, flag, go to pieces*, grieve, hanker, hunger, knock out, long, pine, repine, rot, sicken, sigh, snivel, sorrow, suffer, waste, weaken, wilt, wither, yearn, be disregarded, be neglected, conk out*, despond, die on vine, fag, fag out, fizzle out, go soft, tucker, waste away |
| Antonyms: | flourish, grow, improve, strengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | license |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize |
| Synonyms: | accredit, allow, certify, commission, empower, enable, let, permit, privilege, sanction, suffer, warrant |
| Antonyms: | ban, prohibit, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | lump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tolerate, withstand |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, stand, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, put up with |
| Antonyms: | change, fight, stand up |
| Main Entry: | mourn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be sad over loss |
| Synonyms: | ache, agonize, anguish, bemoan, bewail, bleed, blubber, carry on, complain, cry, deplore, fret, grieve, hurt, keen, lament, languish, miss, moan, pine, regret, repine, rue, sigh, sob, sorrow, suffer, wail, weep, yearn, be brokenhearted, be sad, long for, take it hard, wear black, wring hands |
| Antonyms: | be happy, be joyful |
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, trouble |
| Synonyms: | ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, bite, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, discomfort, disquiet, distress, exasperate, gall, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, hurt, inflame, injure, irk, irritate, nick, prick, punish, rack, rile, sadden, smart, sting, strain, stress, suffer, throb, tingle, torment, torture, upset, vex, worry, wound, cut to the quick, excruciate, harrow, hit where one lives |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, assuage, help, please |
| Main Entry: | permit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow participation |
| Synonyms: | abet, accede, accept, acquiesce, admit, agree, authorize, bless, boost, buy, charter, concede, concur, condone, consent, empower, enable, endorse, endure, franchise, go for, grant, have, humor, indulge, leave, let, license, okay, pass, privilege, sanctify, sanction, sign, suffer, thumbs up*, tolerate, warrant, blink at, give leave, give permission, let pass, say yes, shake on, sign off on, take kindly to, wink at* |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate, weaken |
| Synonyms: | backslide, degenerate, fade, fail, fall, fall back, lapse, regress, retrogress, revert, sicken, sink, suffer, worsen, be overcome, be overtaken, recidivate, slide back, slip back, turn back |
| Antonyms: | heal, progress, strengthen, get better |
| Main Entry: | resist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withstand, oppose |
| Synonyms: | abide, antagonize, assail, assault, battle, bear, brook, buck, check, combat, confront, contend, continue, counteract, curb, defy, dispute, duel, endure, fight back, forbear, forgo, hinder, hold, maintain, persevere, persist, prevent, refrain, refuse, remain, repel, stay, stonewall*, suffer, thwart, traverse, turn down, weather, abstain from, countervail, die hard, hold off, hold out against, keep from, leave alone, put up a fight, remain firm, stand up to, struggle against |
| Antonyms: | comply, conform, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sacrifice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up, let go |
| Synonyms: | cede, drop, endure, eschew, forfeit, forgo, lose, offer, renounce, spare, suffer, surrender, waive, yield, immolate, kiss goodbye, offer up, part with, resign oneself to |
| Antonyms: | hold, refuse |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
