STOOD: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STOOD?

Need another word that means the same as “stood”? Find 30 related words for “stood” in this overview.

Associations of "Stood" (30 Words)

astride	With one leg on each side. She sat astride the chair.
athwart	So as to be perverse or contradictory. Our words ran athwart and we ended up at cross purposes.
bear	(of a vehicle or boat) convey (passengers or cargo. She agreed to bear the responsibility.
bearable	Able to be endured. Things to make life in the tropics more bearable.
crossbeam	A horizontal beam that extends across something.
dais	A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
easel	A wooden frame for holding an artist’s work while it is being painted or drawn.
espouse	Adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life. A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph.
homily	A tedious moralizing lecture. She delivered her homily about the need for patience.
lank	Of a person lanky. He sprawled his long lank figure over a chair.
patience	Any of various forms of card game for one player, the object of which is to use up all one’s cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences. I have run out of patience with her.
persistence	The continued or prolonged existence of something. The persistence of huge environmental problems.
podium	Of a competitor in a sporting event finish first second or third so as to appear on a podium to receive an award. Older riders who expected to podium may find themselves racing against other riders who are years younger.
preach	Earnestly advocate (a belief or course of action. He preached to a large congregation.
principled	Based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality. A principled person.
pulpit	Religious teaching as expressed in sermons. Many ministers delivered political guidance from their pulpits.
rostrum	A raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra. The winner s rostrum.
sermon	A moralistic rebuke. He understood that if he said any more he would have to listen to another lengthy sermon.
spindly	Long and lean. Spindly arms and legs.
standing	Executed in or initiated from a standing position. A man of high social standing.
steel	A rod of roughened steel on which knives are sharpened. A steel will.
straight	In a straight line directly. Straight dealing.
supine	Offering no resistance- Theodore Roosevelt. No other colony showed such supine selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried.
tolerable	About average; acceptable. The climate is at least tolerable.
toleration	Official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion. All people should practice toleration and live together in peace.
undergo	Experience or be subjected to (something, typically something unpleasant or arduous. The fluid undergoes shear.
upright	In or into an upright position. An upright freezer.
vertical	Something that is oriented vertically. Keep your back vertical.