STOOD Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

stood

verb

Definition of stood

past tense of stand

as in sat

to occupy a place or location the monument stands in the middle of the town plaza

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as in endured

to put up with (something painful or difficult) I don't know how you can stand that job

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as in paid

to give what is owed for I'll stand lunch, and you can pay me back later

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repudiated

as in was

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league

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Recent Examples of stood In March, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI stood at the White House and signed the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, promising American households would not pay for the grid expansion their data centers require. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Because of the pandemic, the night out event was canceled and the parade stood alone as the village’s participation in the national event. — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 By evening, the lucky ticket recipients stood shoulder to shoulder in the 1,100-capacity venue that resembles a high school auditorium and also sells pierogis off to the side, in keeping with its origins as a Polish cultural center. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026 Williams was standing on the same spot where, 20 seconds earlier, the tour guide had stood, ushering visitors to safety. — Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026 The odds that the Fed will raise rates next month fell to about 42%, while the probability of a hike by October stood at more than 57%, according to CME Group's FedWatch tool. — Yun Li,sean Conlon,hugh Leask, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 After the leap and slap, Yan stood straight up with his feet together and lifted both arms over his head. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 That’s where the Welcome Inn once stood, and where a murder took place that would change his life. — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026 Others stood still, hoping that patience would bring a butterfly close enough to touch. — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stood

Verb

This fine establishment has sat at the same address in the Williamsburg Bridge's shadow since 1887, and the interiors carry about as many frills as your average public house—dark wood, plaster walls, and so on.

— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.

— Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024

Definition of sat

Verb

At the end of this testing, the antenna had endured 200 simulated Mars landings and was still working just fine.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
For Alexander, that’s been something of a de facto mantra over the past three decades as New Radicals have endured well beyond their heyday.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of endured

Verb

During that time, farmers and ranchers were paid around $180 per acre-foot of water conserved.

— Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
His suit claims that he has not yet been paid for his work on Bully or Vultures 2, and that West and his label, YZY, have failed to include him in the albums’ production credits on streaming services.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of paid

Verb

There was a small bathroom with glass doors and a shower, a mini-bar, closet, desk, lounge chair and large doors that open onto the street.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Two Plössl eyepieces provided different magnifications, and there was also a red-dot finderscope and a manual equatorial mount with slow-motion cables.

— Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of was

Verb

Employers must move beyond resilience training, creating transparent, equitable workplaces where effort is rewarded and mistakes are tolerated, ensuring ambition remains a rational choice for diverse talent.

— Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The creeping occupation of the Donbas was costing Russia tens of thousands of troops, but these losses were tolerated as the country continued to advance.

— Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026

Definition of tolerated

Verb

Both men sat in opposite corners afterward before Reigns walked to the center and offered a fist, and Rollins met it.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Last August, the International Association of Genocide Scholars passed a resolution declaring that Israel’s actions met the legal definition of genocide.

— Arielle Kaden, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of met

Verb

Web application attacks have ranked among the leading breach patterns in Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report for years.

— Aviv Mussinger, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
There were three smaller climbs heading to Ventoux, which was ranked as a Hors Catégorie ascent — the hardest category — and had a gradient of nearly 9%.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026