Synonyms of standing for

standing for

phrase

present participle of stand for

1

as in permitting

to give permission for or to approve of

They would not stand for their children missing curfew.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• permitting
• allowing
• having
• agreeing (to)
• suffering
• consenting (to)
• tolerating
• assenting (to)
• acceding (to)
• admitting
• licensing
• green-lighting
• authorizing
• commissioning
• according
• granting
• acquiescing
• sanctioning
• conceding
• OK'ing
• enduring
• warranting
• condoning
• supporting
• countenancing
• vouchsafing
• brooking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibiting
• forbidding
• banning
• enjoining
• proscribing
• vetoing
• denying
• frowning (at or on)
• obstructing
• impeding
• refusing
• withholding
• hindering
• rejecting
• revoking
• suppressing
• disapproving
• disallowing
• checking
• censuring
• keeping
• restraining
• curbing
• grudging
• deploring
• disliking
• interdicting
• repressing
• discountenancing
• disfavoring

2

as in handling

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

The nanny did not stand for whining from the children.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handling
• standing
• enduring
• tolerating
• accepting
• taking
• living with
• sticking out
• bearing
• sustaining
• sweating out
• lumping (it)
• toughing it out
• meeting
• absorbing
• wearing
• supporting
• abiding
• swallowing
• hacking
• stomaching
• pocketing
• going
• reconciling (to)
• biding
• agreeing (with or to)
• brooking
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• countenancing
• suffering
• consenting (to)
• assenting (to)
• permitting
• allowing
• respecting
• acquiescing
• capitulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• rejecting
• dismissing
• declining
• opposing
• fighting
• turning down
• resisting
• repudiating
• missing
• combating
• avoiding
• contesting
• escaping
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• evading
• spurning
• bypassing
• dodging
• eluding
• circumventing
• forbearing

3

as in representing

to serve as a material counterpart of

He got a tattoo that stood for his love of fishing.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• representing
• symbolizing
• emblematizing
• embodying
• manifesting
• personalizing
• personifying
• objectifying
• incarnating
• bodying
• exemplifying
• epitomizing
• illustrating
• materializing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of standing for

Candidates standing for election have to put down a deposit of 500 pounds ($675). — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

After standing for more than a century, a piece of Tarentum's history is starting to crumble right in the middle of town. — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Her platform includes standing for property tax relief, financial responsibility and family values, according to her website. — Sofi Zeman july 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

In Britain, these rising threats have caused one in three MPs who participated in a parliamentary survey to consider not standing for re-election, and affected their relationship with their constituents. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

The fans were standing for Auger-Aliassime, too, to pay their respects to the young fighter who gave them such a show. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 7 July 2026