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bear up

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  • verb nautical To sail close to the wind.
  • verb idiomatic To endure hardship cheerfully.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb endure cheerfully

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synonyms (136)

Words with the same meaning

  1. accost
  2. advance
  3. afford support
  4. approach
  5. appropinquate
  6. approximate
  7. assure
  8. back
  9. back up
  10. be proof against
  11. bear
  12. bear down on
  13. bear down upon
  14. bear out
  15. bear the brunt
  16. bear up against
  17. bear up under
  18. bolster
  19. bolster up
  20. brace
  21. buoy
  22. buoy up
  23. buttress
  24. carry
  25. cheer
  26. close
  27. close in
  28. close with
  29. come
  30. come closer
  31. come forward
  32. come near
  33. come on
  34. come up
  35. come up fighting
  36. comfort
  37. condole with
  38. confront
  39. console
  40. cradle
  41. crutch
  42. cushion
  43. defy
  44. draw near
  45. draw nigh
  46. ease
  47. encounter
  48. encourage
  49. endure
  50. finance
  51. float
  52. float high
  53. fund
  54. gain upon
  55. give comfort
  56. give support
  57. hang in
  58. hang in there
  59. hang on
  60. hang tough
  61. hearten
  62. hold
  63. hold fast
  64. hold on
  65. hold out
  66. hold up
  67. keep
  68. keep afloat
  69. keep up
  70. lend support
  71. live through it
  72. live with it
  73. mainstay
  74. maintain
  75. narrow the gap
  76. near
  77. never say die
  78. not flag
  79. not give up
  80. not weaken
  81. pillow
  82. prop
  83. prop up
  84. proximate
  85. put at ease
  86. reassure
  87. rebuff
  88. reinforce
  89. relieve
  90. repel
  91. repulse
  92. resist
  93. ride high
  94. see it out
  95. set at ease
  96. shore
  97. shore up
  98. shoulder
  99. sidle up to
  100. solace
  101. stand
  102. stand the gaff
  103. stand up
  104. stay
  105. stay it out
  106. stay the distance
  107. stay with it
  108. step up
  109. stick
  110. stick it
  111. stick it out
  112. stick out
  113. stick to it
  114. stick with it
  115. subsidize
  116. subvention
  117. subventionize
  118. support
  119. sustain
  120. sweat it out
  121. sympathize with
  122. take it
  123. take what comes
  124. tough it out
  125. underbrace
  126. undergird
  127. underlie
  128. underpin
  129. underset
  130. upbear
  131. uphold
  132. upkeep
  133. uplift
  134. upraise
  135. waft
  136. withstand

hypernyms (12)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. abide
  2. bear
  3. brook
  4. digest
  5. endure
  6. put-up
  7. stand
  8. stick out
  9. stomach
  10. suffer
  11. support
  12. tolerate

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