Synonyms of stood

stood

verb

past tense of stand

1

as in sat

to occupy a place or location

the monument stands in the middle of the town plaza

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sat
• was
• remained
• bore
• lay
• resided
• waited
• stayed
• rested
• awaited
• dwelt
• stationed
• commanded
• hung around
• overlooked
• posted
• stuck around
• tarried
• dwelled

2

as in endured

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I don't know how you can stand that job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endured
• tolerated
• accepted
• took
• handled
• sustained
• met
• swallowed
• absorbed
• wore
• supported
• stomached
• stood for
• abided
• went
• bided
• pocketed
• bore
• stuck out
• countenanced
• lumped (it)
• brooked
• hacked
• suffered
• lived with
• abode
• bode
• sweated out
• allowed
• sweat out
• toughed it out
• permitted
• acquiesced
• respected
• reconciled (to)
• agreed (with or to)
• capitulated
• submitted (to)
• yielded (to)
• consented (to)
• assented (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• dismissed
• rejected
• declined
• opposed
• fought
• turned down
• resisted
• repudiated
• contested
• avoided
• escaped
• missed
• spurned
• evaded
• eluded
• bypassed
• dodged
• combated
• circumvented
• combatted
• refrained (from)
• abstained (from)
• forbore

3

as in paid

to give what is owed for

I'll stand lunch, and you can pay me back later

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paid
• met
• settled
• quitted
• balanced
• paid up
• paid off
• cleared
• sprung (for)
• liquidated
• sprang (for)
• discharged
• footed
• quit
• recompensed
• anted (up)
• ponied up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repudiated

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• was
• ranked
• placed
• rated
• graded
• counted
• seeded
• grouped
• classed
• installed
• separated
• classified
• codified
• categorized
• sorted
• set
• compartmentalized
• instated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stood

After the plane touched down, a motorcade stood ready to escort Kirk's casket to Hansen Mortuary Chapel near Seventh Street and Northern Avenue. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025

Witherspoon stood on a trail next to a bike, wearing a pair of army green hiking pants without a wrinkle in sight. —Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025

That figure stood at $25 million for Democrats. —David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025

He was selected to speak second and stood just feet from Kirk when the shot was fired. —Amanda Castro joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025

While Ralph Lauren has also stood for Americana, another brand known for American ideals with a European touch, Libertine showed its Spring 2026 collection in the lovely and newly saved from demolition Elizabeth Street Garden. —Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

To end the game, the Panther defense stood tall. —Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025

As the Republican candidate stood on the fifth-hole putting green, a Secret Service agent was riding a golf cart in a security sweep of the sixth hole and noticed someone hiding behind a chain-link fence in the southeast corner of the course. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

To let the public in on the decision-making process, Marysville officials have called a town hall where residents, business owners and community partners may speak out about what the city should do next with the downtown corner lot where Hotel Marysville once stood. —Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025