Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

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1. abide

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

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

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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:
   stay, sojourn, tarry, lodge, rest, keep, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent

2. abideverb

   Synonyms:
   dwell, reside, live, inhabit, settle, plant one's self, get a footing, get a foothold

3. abideverb

   Synonyms:
   remain, continue, persist, persevere, SUBSIST, go on, keep on, be steadfast, be constant

4. abideverb

   Synonyms:
   endure, bear

5. abideverb

   Synonyms:
   await, attend, wait for, be in readiness for, be in store for

6. abideverb

   Synonyms:
   endure, tolerate, bear, brook, suffer, bear with, put up with

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1. abideverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "abide":

   comply, respect, adhere, fulfil, conform, meet, stick, observe, honour

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1. Dick Brown:

   Failing to follow through with creation of that plan means Kentucky would most likely have to abide by a Federal Implementation Plan that would cause harm to Kentucky’s economic future and burden the next administration with challenges not of its making.

2. Mr Chandra:

   We did about 10,000 hires last year. We have lots of different roles at Google and we hire people from all different backgrounds, we are a company that provides to ability for folks to be able to express their position, or their thoughts, on any particular topic but we’re very clear though that it has to abide by the code of conduct, it has to be respectful and not intended to be hurtful.

3. Superintendent Aaron Leavell:

   The district is in no way taking away an athletic coach's freedom of expression, what we are doing is what every state-funded agency and school district must do : abide by the laws that govern us.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   I am comfortable with the proposal and it is my intention to abide by it whether it passes or not.

5. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

   Let's take our babies home and abide by the curfew. I want to thank you for understanding that we want to bring peace.