STANDING BY Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

standing by

verb

present participle of stand by

as in keeping (to)

to give steadfast support to no matter how much people object, I will stand by my decision

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Recent Examples of standing by Johnson handed the unconscious dog to the team standing by with an animal oxygen mask. — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Video captured from the drone’s perspective and released on Facebook, shows the frustrated bobcat standing by a staircase, growling and arching its back at the hovering machine. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026 Andrew Garfield is standing by his longtime belief that Spider-Man could be gay. — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Ochoa was known to flaunt his success on social media, including posts of him riding jet skis and standing by his black Corvette. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 On social media, months of public posts by Richardson showed that Rudder had been standing by as Richardson coached his teams, sometimes literally. — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 20 Aug. 2026 Hialeah Gardens police officers raced to the burglary 911 calls and found the two men standing by a pickup truck in the area of 8800 Northwest 116th Terrace. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 The Catholic school is standing by its decision, saying the change followed a thorough review and was approved by both Jesuits West and the Diocese of Sacramento. — Chaewon Chung july 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 Kroger Kroger shares are off more than 7% in 2026, but analyst Robert Ohmes is standing by the grocery chain. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 27 June 2026

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defending

Verb

Republicans can lose no more than three seats this cycle and are defending more than half a dozen in battleground states.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
An official of Congo's ruling party UDPS, Marie-Célestin Karondwa, was attacked by unknown suspects Sunday for defending the government's measures against Ebola on a radio program and was in critical condition, according to the UDPS.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026