Synonyms for withstand
wɪθˈstænd, wɪð-with·stand

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1. withstand

   Synonyms:
   deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, protest, refuse, reject, resist

   Antonyms:
   admit, allow, concede, consent to, grant, let, permit, sanction, suffer, tolerate, yield

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1. withstand

   Synonyms:
   oppose, resist, confront, thwart, face

   Antonyms:
   yield, surrender, submit, acquiesce, countenance, support, encourage, aid, abet, back

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1. defy, withstand, hold, hold upverb

   resist or confront with resistance

   "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, book, stand up, retain, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, hold out, take hold, bind, defy, hold up, arrest, dare, live, take, have, concord, survive, live on, check, make, take for, go for, stand firm, keep, defend, control, harbor, deem, throw, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, curb, hold, stick up, last, confine, hold water, have got, go, endure, restrain, declare, agree, hold in, delay, halt, contain, concur, maintain, guard, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, refuse, resist, detain, bear

2. resist, hold out, withstand, stand firmverb

   stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

   Synonyms:
   live, exsert, reject, hold firm, stand pat, stand, last, refuse, stretch forth, wear, hold up, hold out, fend, stand fast, hold, balk, live on, dissent, put out, stretch out, extend, jib, go, endure, stand firm, defy, baulk, survive, protest, resist

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1. withstandverb

   Synonyms:
   resist, oppose, face, confront, strive against, stand against, make a stand against, not submit to

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1. List of paraphrases for "withstand":

   resist, endure, bear, stand

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1. Sandeep Aggarwal:

   Top 7 things for an entrepreneur are: passion, vision, obsession, salesmanship, compassion, contagious energy and resilience. If you have them, you will be able to withstand any weather.

2. Chris Ventresca:

   There is no stigma to deal-jumping any more, companies have greater confidence and can withstand a bump in the road because there is less uncertainty on their prospects.

3. Mark Carney:

   It will pass, the medical situation will pass. With time there will be a vaccine, the spread of the virus will be arrested. We don't know exactly what that period of time is, nor do the expert epidemiologists, they talk in terms of scenarios and probabilities, quite rightly so, we have the resilience in the system that has been built up over a decade that can withstand all of those scenarios.

4. The Navy:

   The first-in-class aircraft carrier was designed using advanced computer modeling methods, testing, and analysis to ensure the ship is hardened to withstand battle conditions, and these shock trials provide data used in validating the shock hardness of the ship.

5. Penn State:

   I think there's enough resilience in the( Earth's) system that we can withstand one four-year term of Donald Trump, i'm not sure we can withstand two.