BIDING Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

biding 1 of 2

adjective

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as in abiding

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verb

present participle of bide

as in remaining

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage?

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as in standing

chiefly dialect to put up with (something painful or difficult) at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children

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as in waiting

to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something I promise you that if you bide yet a little longer, all will come to pass just as you desire

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Recent Examples of biding

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While Thursday marked the official unveiling of de Meo’s holistic business strategy for Kering, his first seven months on the job have not been spent biding time. —

Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2026 Wall Street is rediscovering many old tech names from the 1990's that have been quietly biding their time, waiting patiently for this new cycle. —

Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026 And the loss seemed to unleash some hidden resentments, some wolves that had been biding their time deep in the woods but were now baying at the door. —

Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026 Republicans around the country have long been looking to Florida — which has been biding its time and is gearing up to act this spring — to help the party pull ahead. —

Kadia Goba, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2026 But that is simply a matter of putting the work in and biding your time for your body to develop. —

Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 Newsom decided to withdraw and run for lieutenant governor, biding his time in exchange for entrée to Sacramento in Brown’s shadow. —

Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026 Patterson ended up filling that time with football, anyway, biding his time for the right opportunity to come along. —

Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 After biding his time in 2024 behind Shemar Stewart and Nic Scourton — drafted in the first and second rounds of last year's NFL draft — 2025 gave Howell a chance to be the guy. —

Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for biding

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Though only married for a few years, their partnership feels seasoned, fortified by faith, ambition and an abiding sense of gratitude.

— Partner Content, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
And civilians on both sides, despite a deep and abiding mistrust between the Catholic and Protestant communities, had also had enough.

— Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2025