Synonyms and Antonyms of abide
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
abscond, book [slang], decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skip
abandon, desert, forsake, vacate
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
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
absorb, accept, bear, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]
allow, permit, suffer, swallow
reconcile (to)
acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)
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
bide, continue, endure, hold on, hold up, keep up, last, perdure, persist, remain, run on
cease, close, conclude, desist, die, discontinue, end, expire, finish, lapse, leave off, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up
