All withstand synonyms

verb withstand

• endure — Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
• survive — to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
• weather — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
• tolerate — to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
• combat — Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
• cope — If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully.
• defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
• ride out — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
• suffer — to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
• brave — Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
• buck — A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
• confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• duel — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
• face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
• take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• traverse — to pass or move over, along, or through.
• violate — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
• fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
• hang on — the way in which a thing hangs.
• hang tough — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• hold one's ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
• hold out — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• put up with — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• stand fast — a rigid or unyielding position.
• stand one's ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
• stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• take it — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• win out — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.