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
• 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
• stood for
• stomached
• went
• abided
• pocketed
• bore
• stuck out
• countenanced
• lumped (it)
• brooked
• hacked
• suffered
• lived with
• bode
• allowed
• sweat out
• toughed it out
• permitted
• acquiesced
• respected
• reconciled (to)
• agreed (with or to)
• submitted (to)
• capitulated
• 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
• 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
• balanced
• paid up
• paid off
• cleared
• 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

Protests surround store opening As customers first entered the new Shein store on Wednesday, riot police officers stood watch. —Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Nov. 2025

The original downtown Detroit space stood for more than 30 years but closed more than a decade ago. —Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025

The amount of drugs seized from March to September — the six months in 2020 when Florida’s prisons were locked down — stood at 3,100 grams of powdered drugs and separately 1,000 pills of opioids and unauthorized prescription drugs for every 10,000 inmates. —Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

Arlington Seguin stood tall in the final moments against Mansfield Summit to secure a 23-22 win Thursday at Vernon Newsom Stadium. —Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025

The 46-year-old migrant stood on the sandy beach in flip-flops one morning watching a boat packed with other migrants leave without him. —Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025

High up on the platform, two girls in yellowish-gray clothes stood on either side of a boy. —George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025

According to Nexstar, overall Q3 ad sales stood at $476 million, a decrease of $146 million from the third-quarter of 2024. —Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025

The average price of a home in Detroit stood at just $7,500. —Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025