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Synonyms for withstanding
verb endure, bear- combat
- cope
- defy
- hold off
- repel
- resist
- ride out
- suffer
- thwart
- tolerate
- weather
- brace
- brave
- buck
- confront
- contest
- cross
- dispute
- duel
- face
- fight
- oppose
- stand
- stick
- take
- traverse
- violate
- fly in the face of
- grapple with
- hang on
- hang tough
- hold one's ground
- hold out
- prevail against
- put up struggle
- put up with
- remain firm
- sit and take it
- stand fast
- stand firm
- stand one's ground
- stand up against
- stand up to
- stick fast
- take it
- take on
- win out
Antonyms for withstanding
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
endurance
noun. bearing hardship; staying power
- ability
- allowance
- backbone
- bearing
- capacity
- continuing
- cool
- coolness
- courage
- enduring
- forebearance
- fortitude
- grit
- guts
- gutsiness
- heart
- holding up
- intestinal fortitude
- mettle
- moxie
- patience
- perseverance
- persistence
- pertinacity
- pluck
- resignation
- resistance
- resolution
- restraint
- spunk
- stamina
- standing
- starch
- strength
- submission
- sufferance
- suffering
- tenacity
- tolerance
- toleration
- undergoing
- vitality
- will
- withstanding
imperviousness
noun. resistance
- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- immunity
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- insusceptibility
- intransigence
- obstruction
- parrying
- protecting
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- unsusceptibility
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
insusceptibility
noun. resistance
- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- immunity
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- imperviousness
- intransigence
- obstruction
- parrying
- protecting
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- unsusceptibility
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
on guard
adjective. defensive
recalcitrant
adjective. disobedient, uncontrollable
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.