Antonyms for abide
əˈbaɪdabide

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1. abide

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

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1. abide

   Antonyms:
   deport, migrate, move, journey, proceed, resist, mislike, forefend, avoid, shun, reject, abandon, forfeit

   Synonyms:
   dwell, stay, inhabit, continue, rest, tarry, lodge, reside, live, wait, sojourn, remain, expect, endure, tolerate, anticipate, confront, await, bear, face, watch

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1. bide, abide, stayverb

   dwell

   "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

   Synonyms:
   put up, stay, bide, stick, stand, suffer, brook, delay, support, ride out, persist, stomach, digest, tolerate, quell, rest, appease, stick out, remain, stick around, endure, stay on, stay put, last out, outride, bear, continue, detain

2. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upverb

   put up with something or somebody unpleasant

   "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

   Synonyms:
   bide, project, ache, hold out, run, endure, affirm, underpin, carry, stand up, assume, have, hold, last, sustain, confirm, fend, stay, weather, take over, go, jut, endorse, jut out, turn out, digest, deport, prevail, comport, set up, behave, die hard, pay, jump out, remain firm, offer, tolerate, deliver, indorse, hurt, condense, raise, fend for, back up, stomach, birth, patronage, stand out, live, contribute, stick out, meet, brook, expect, patronize, suffer, concentrate, protrude, acquit, substantiate, brave out, survive, domiciliate, get, put forward, stand, can, post, plunk for, persist, live on, have a bun in the oven, give birth, back, jump, allow, rear, lose, place upright, wear, house, contain, leap out, bear, patronise, subscribe, hold up, corroborate, provide, erect, defend, brave, put up, tin, keep going, accept, bear out, support, resist, plump for, nominate, yield, gestate, permit, conduct

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1. abideverb

   Synonyms:
   dwell, stay, sojourn, continue, remain, acquiesce, conform to

How to use abide in a sentence?

1. Nikki Haley:

   During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation, no one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country.

2. Colorado Sen. Julie Gonzales:

   To the protesters: I appreciate your sense of urgency for climate action, i hope you continue to participate in the insidegame of politics (attending and testifying at committee hearings, working to pass legislation, and voting, assuming you are able to do so), and in so doing abide by the rules of the game.

3. Henry David Thoreau:

   Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison . . . the only house in a slave State in which a free man can abide with honor.

4. Nora Sackett:

   While we appreciate that the diocese stipulates that they will abide by the necessary public health emergency order banning mass gatherings, it is concerning that they would be're - opening' at all when New Mexico continues to face the Covid-19 pandemic head on.

5. Roy Suryo:

   Tell Mark Zuckerberg Indonesia will implement a new law on protection of data privacy and Facebook must abide by it.

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