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

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Associations of "Withstood" (30 Words)

Associations of "Withstood" (30 Words)

bear	Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws. Bear news.
cope	(of a person) deal effectively with something difficult. The roads are barely adequate to cope* with the present traffic.*
defy	Challenge. Go now defy* him to the combat.*
endurance	The capacity of something to last or to withstand wear and tear. The marathon tests a runner s endurance.
endure	Continue to live and avoid dying. It seemed impossible that anyone could endure* such pain.*
forbear	Resist doing something. Rebecca could not forbear* a smile.*
forbearance	The action of refraining from exercising a legal right, especially enforcing the payment of a debt. His unfailing courtesy and forbearance* under great provocation.*
fortitude	Courage in pain or adversity. She endured her illness with great fortitude.
grapple	The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat. The two men grappled with each other for several minutes.
handle	Handle effectively. That s some handle* for a baby.*
maintenance	Means of maintenance of a family or group. A divorced man paying his ex wife 2 500 a year maintenance.
manage	Be the manager of a sports team or a performer. She managed a brave but unconvincing smile.
obstinacy	Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires. His reputation for obstinacy.
patience	Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence. I have run out of patience* with her.*
patiently	With patience; in a patient manner. He patiently* explained the pros and cons.*
perseverance	Persistent determination. Medicine is a field which requires dedication and perseverance.
persevere	Be persistent, refuse to stop. His family persevered with his treatment.
persist	Be persistent refuse to stop. We are persisting with policies that will create jobs for the future.
persistence	The fact of continuing in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition. Cardiff s persistence* was rewarded with a try.*
recalcitrance	The trait of being unmanageable.
resist	Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ. We will continue to resist* changes to the treaty.*
stamina	Enduring strength and energy. Their secret is stamina* rather than speed.*
struggle	Make a strenuous or labored effort. It was a struggle* to make herself understood.*
survival	A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. His shorts were a survival* from his army days.*
survive	Manage to keep going in difficult circumstances. He survived the cancer against all odds.
sustain	An effect or facility on a keyboard or electronic instrument whereby a note can be sustained after the key is released. His health will no longer enable him to sustain* the heavy burdens of office.*
tolerate	Have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition. A regime unwilling to tolerate* dissent.*
toleration	The practice of tolerating something, in particular differences of opinion or behaviour. The king demanded greater religious toleration.
tribulation	A cause of great trouble or suffering. His time of tribulation* was just beginning.*
upkeep	The process of keeping something in good condition. Payments for the children s upkeep.