| Main Entry: | weather |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | atmospheric conditions |
Synonyms: |
climate, clime, elements |
| Notes: | a wether is a neutered ram; weather is climactic and atmospheric conditions; while whether simply means 'if' or 'either' |
| Main Entry: | weather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
Synonyms: |
acclimate, bear the brunt of, bear up against, become toughened, brave, come through, expose, get through, grow hardened, grow strong, harden, make it, overcome, pull through, resist, ride out, rise above, season, stand, stick it out, suffer, surmount, survive, toughen, withstand |
Antonyms: |
refuse, reject |
| 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 |
| 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: | 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: | overcome |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, defeat |
Synonyms: |
be victorious, best*, come out on top, conquer, crush, down*, drown, get around, get the better of, hurdle, knock over, knock socks off, lick*, master, outlive, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, prevail, prostrate, reduce, render, rise above, shock, stun, subdue, subjugate, surmount, survive, throw*, triumph over, vanquish, weather*, whelm, win, worst* |
Antonyms: |
give in, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | pull through |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover |
Synonyms: |
come through, get better, get over, improve, rally, ride out, survive, triumph, weather* |
Antonyms: |
die, fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | resist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withstand, oppose |
Synonyms: |
abide, abstain from, antagonize, assail, assault, battle, bear, brook, buck, check, combat, confront, contend, continue, counteract, countervail, curb, defy, die hard, dispute, duel, endure, fight back, forbear, forgo, hinder, hold, hold off, hold out against, keep from, leave alone, maintain, persevere, persist, prevent, put up a fight, refrain, refuse, remain, remain firm, repel, stand up to, stay, stonewall, struggle against, suffer, thwart, traverse, turn down, weather |
Antonyms: |
comply, conform, go along |
| 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, live with, put up with, resign oneself to, stay the course, stomach*, submit, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, undergo, wear, weather, withstand |
Antonyms: |
disobey, forget, overlook |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
Synonyms: |
abide, bear, bear up under, brook, get on with, go, grin and bear it, last, persist, put up with, see through, stand, stay, stomach*, suffer, support, take, take it, tolerate, weather |
Antonyms: |
disobey, forget, refuse |