| Main Entry: | abide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | submit to, put up with |
Synonyms: |
accept, acknowledge, be big about, bear, bear with, concede, consent, defer, endure, hang in, hang in there, hang tough, live with, put up with, receive, sit tight, stand, stand for, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand |
Antonyms: |
despise, dispute, pass, quit, reject, resist, shun |
| Main Entry: | bear up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
Synonyms: |
carry on, persevere, soldier on, suffer, withstand |
| Main Entry: | brave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure bad situation |
Synonyms: |
bear, beard, challenge, confront, court, dare, defy, face, face off, fly in the face of, go through, outdare, risk, stand up to, suffer, support, take on, venture, withstand |
Antonyms: |
break down, capitulate, complain, dodge, fear, give up, hide, run away, skip |
| Main Entry: | brook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, accept |
Synonyms: |
abide, allow, be big, bear, countenance, go, hang in, hang in there, hear of, live with, put up with, sit tight, stand, stomach, suffer, support, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | buck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resist, kick off |
Synonyms: |
bound, combat, contest, dislodge, dispute, duel, fight, jerk, jump, leap, oppose, prance, repel, start, throw, traverse, trip, unseat, vault, withstand |
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
Synonyms: |
battle, buck, clash, contend, contest, cope, cross swords with, defy, dispute, do battle with, duel, engage, fight, go up against, oppose, put up a fight, repel, resist, shoot it out, strive, struggle, traverse, war, withstand |
Antonyms: |
agree, compromise, retreat, run, surrender |
| Main Entry: | come through |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | survive bad situation |
Synonyms: |
endure, live through, persist, pull through, ride, ride out, survive, weather storm, withstand |
Antonyms: |
fail |
| Main Entry: | confront |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge |
Synonyms: |
accost, affront, beard, brave, call one's bluff, come up against, dare, defy, encounter, face down, face up to, face with, flout, front, go one-on-one, go up against, make my day, meet, meet eyeball-to-eyeball, oppose, repel, resist, scorn, stand up to, tell off, withstand |
Antonyms: |
back down |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | contest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
Synonyms: |
altercate, attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conflict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, fight over, gang up on, hassle, knuckle with, lay a finger on, lay out, put on gloves, put up dukes, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, sock, square off, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
agree |