abide
verb 1
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time <refused to abide where it was clear that he wasn't wanted> Near Antonyms abscond,
book [slang],
decamp,
escape,
evacuate,
flee,
fly,
get out,
run away,
scat,
scram,
skip;
abandon,
desert,
forsake,
vacate Antonyms bail,
bail out,
bug out,
buzz (off),
clear off [chiefly British],
clear out,
cut out,
depart,
exit,
get off,
go,
go off,
leave,
move,
pack (up
or off),
peel off,
pike (out
or off),
pull out,
push off,
push on,
quit,
shove (off),
take off,
vamoose,
walk out 2
to have a home <the charming fantasy that fairies abide in the cup-shaped flowers dotting the woodland floor> Related Words lodge,
settle,
stay;
frequent,
hang (at),
haunt,
visit;
cohabit,
inhabit,
occupy;
people,
populate;
lease,
rent,
sublet,
tenant 3
to put up with (something painful or difficult) <cannot abide being in huge crowds> Synonyms abide,
absorb,
accept,
bide [chiefly dialect],
brook,
countenance,
endure,
go,
hack,
handle,
meet,
pocket,
stand,
stick out,
stomach,
support,
sustain,
sweat out,
take,
tolerate,
wear [British] Related Words allow,
permit,
suffer,
swallow;
reconcile (to);
acquiesce,
agree (with
or to),
assent (to),
capitulate,
consent (to),
respect,
submit (to),
yield (to)
Near Antonyms decline,
dismiss,
refuse,
reject,
repudiate,
spurn,
turn down;
combat,
contest,
fight,
oppose,
resist;
avoid,
bypass,
circumvent,
dodge,
elude,
escape,
evade,
miss;
abstain (from),
forbear,
refrain (from)
4
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state <the village's once-honored ways no longer abide and now exist only in the memories of a few elders> Synonyms abide,
bide,
endure,
hold on,
hold up,
keep up,
last,
perdure,
persist,
remain,
run on Antonyms cease,
close,
conclude,
desist,
die,
discontinue,
end,
expire,
finish,
lapse,
leave off,
pass,
quit,
stop,
terminate,
wind up 
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