endure

v.

1. To continue

   persist, remain, last, continue, be long-lived, exist, be, abide, bide, stay, prevail, wear, be timeless, sustain, survive, outlast, superannuate, be left, carry on, stay on, live on, go on, hold on, hang on, keep on, keep going, persevere, linger, outlive, have no end, hold out, wear on, be solid as a rock*, never say die*, go the distance*; see also continue 1.

   Antonyms die*, cease*, end. *

2. To sustain adversity

   suffer, tolerate, bear, allow, permit, support, undergo, stand, sit through, brook, take, withstand, bear with, bear up, bear up under, hold up, accustom oneself to, abide, submit to, be subjected to, put up with, countenance, sustain, go through, pass through, feel, experience, know, meet with, encounter, be patient with, resign oneself, weather, brave, face, survive, cope with, handle, carry on, live through, live out, brace oneself, bear the brunt, stand for*, swallow*, stomach*, eat*, pocket one's pride*, never say die*, not flag*, grin and bear it*, ride out*, stick it out*, sweat it out*, hang on*, hang in there*, pull through*, make one's own bed and lie in it*, take one's punishment*, keep one's chin up*, bite the bullet*, tough it out*.

   Antonyms avoid*, resist*, collapse*, succumb.

endure implies a holding up against prolonged pain, distress, etc., and stresses stamina or patience; bear implies a putting up with something that distresses, annoys, pains, etc., without suggesting the way in which one sustains the imposition; suffer suggests passive acceptance of or resignation to that which is painful or unpleasant; tolerate and the more informal stand both imply self-imposed restraint of one's opposition to what is offensive or repugnant; brook, a literary word, is usually used in the negative, suggesting determined refusal to put up with what is distasteful I will brook no interference See also syn. study at continue.