endure

Verb

Verb Forms: endured, enduring, endures

• To suffer patiently, or to last over a period of time.
• put up with something or somebody unpleasant
  • "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"
• face and withstand with courage
• continue to live through hardship or adversity
• undergo or be subjected to
• last and be usable
• persist for a specified period of time
• continue to exist
  • "The legend of Elvis endures"
• To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
• To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
• To last.
• To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
• To suffer patiently.
• To indurate.

Examples

• He endured years of pain.
• Only the most robust strategies ENDURE through a challenging game of Scrabble.
• Our love will endure forever.
• The singer's popularity endured for decades.

Synonyms

abide, bear, brave, brave out, brook, die hard, digest, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, persist, prevail, put up, run, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, survive, tolerate, wear, weather, abear, aby, accept, allow, astand, bear up, bide, carry on, continue, dree, endure, follow up, forbear, go along with, go on, hang in there, hold on, hold the line, keep a stiff upper lip, keep trying, keep up, lie, live with, pass, persevere, plod, plug, plug away, pocket, pouch, put up with, remain, resist, soldier on, stay, stay the course, stay the distance, stick, stick by one's guns, stick it out, stick to, stick to one's guns, stick with, stick with it, swallow, take, take sitting down, thole, undergang, undergo, withstand

Antonyms

enjoy

Related Words

duress, endurance, enduring, enduro