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synonyms for withstands

  • 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
On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to withstands, such as: combat, repel, defy, cope, tolerate, and resist.

antonyms for withstands

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  • aid
  • assist
  • disallow
  • help
  • refuse
  • reject
  • surrender
  • agree
  • dodge
  • give up
  • hide
  • loosen
  • support
  • unfasten
  • yield
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How to use withstands in a sentence

The lighthouse is nearly eighty feet high, and withstands the most violent storms, without sustaining the smallest injury.
THE BOOK OF CURIOSITIESI. PLATTS
Its great virtue is that it withstands a soil largely composed of lime.
THE GRAPES OF NEW YORKU. P. HEDRICK
The nozzle proper is made from copper, because it withstands the heat of the flame better than other less suitable metals.
OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING AND CUTTINGHAROLD P. MANLY
But if a hero withstands them it is not difficult to slay Balatchko when his wind and flame have left him.
HERO TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE SERBIANSWOISLAV M. PETROVITCH
New Zealand spinach is satisfactory for growing in warm climates, as it withstands heat better than the ordinary spinach.
THE VEGETABLE GARDENANONYMOUS
It bears but one crop a year, will grow in any soil, and withstands dry weather.
FRUITS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDSGERRIT PARMILE WILDER
The strong trust that has grown in the course of a religious life withstands the shock, and carries the soul through the crisis.
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE BOOK OF JOBROBERT WATSON
Yet nevertheless, tho the raging Waves run upon the Ship, and fly over his head, he withstands it all.
THE TEN PLEASURES OF MARRIAGE AND THE CONFESSION OF THE NEW-MARRIED COUPLE (1682)A. MARSH
The vine is very resistant to phylloxera and withstands drouth well.
MANUAL OF AMERICAN GRAPE-GROWINGU. P. HEDRICK
Fate withstands, and lays divine bars on unmoved mortal ears.
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