Synonyms for standing
ˈstæn dɪŋstand·ing

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. standingadjective

   Stagnant; not moving or flowing.

   Antonyms:
   moving, working

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. standingnoun

   Synonyms:
   status, position, ground, duration, continuance, footing, standpoint, foundation

   Antonyms:
   baselessness, evanescence, insecurity, precariousness

2. standingadjective

   Synonyms:
   established, lasting, be

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. standingnoun

   social or financial or professional status or reputation

   "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing"

   Antonyms:
   temporary, sitting, impermanent, unerect, seated, irregular

2. standingnoun

   an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event

   Antonyms:
   temporary, seated, impermanent, sitting, irregular, unerect

3. standingadjective

   the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

   Antonyms:
   unerect, impermanent, sitting, seated, temporary, irregular

4. standing(a)adjective

   having a supporting base

   "a standing lamp"

   Antonyms:
   seated, irregular, unerect, temporary, sitting, impermanent

5. standing(a)adjective

   not created for a particular occasion

   "a standing committee"

   Antonyms:
   temporary, sitting, impermanent, unerect, seated, irregular

6. standing(a)adjective

   (of fluids) not moving or flowing

   "mosquitoes breed in standing water"

   Antonyms:
   temporary, impermanent, irregular, unerect, seated, sitting

7. standing(a)adjective

   executed in or initiated from a standing position

   "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation"

   Antonyms:
   unerect, irregular, sitting, impermanent, seated, temporary

8. standingadjective

   (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs

   "standing room only"

   Synonyms:
   standing(a)

   Antonyms:
   temporary, irregular, unerect, seated, sitting, impermanent

9. standingadjective

   permanent

   "a standing army"

   Synonyms:
   standing(a)

   Antonyms:
   sitting, temporary, irregular, unerect, impermanent, seated

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. standingadjective

   Synonyms:
   erect, stagnant, lasting, permanent, persistent

2. standingnoun

   Synonyms:
   status

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "standing":

   permanent, ongoing, reputation, prestige, constant, permanente, continuing, continuous, lifelong, status, on-going, stagnant, position, orders, perennial

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How to use standing in a sentence?

1. Lisa Koop:

   [ He ] was standing up, asleep, leaning on his mom, moaning as the judge addressed the group.

2. John Boehner:

   Senate Democrats are the ones standing in the way. They’re the ones jeopardizing funding.

3. Malkanthi Silva:

   Our daily life has been reduced to standing in a queue, when we need milk powder, there's a queue for that, if we need medication there's another queue for that.

4. Pamela Sharpe:

   I've been standing here a long, long time. There are not enough seats and I have other things to do.

5. Michael Froman:

   We had made a pretty big point of making it clear that we weren't willing to sacrifice our domestic economic interests for the sake of some foreign policy issue, we should be careful about 'paying' China -- in terms of standing down on economic issues -- for doing what is in their interest already. Conceivably, they'd prefer not to see instability and military escalation on the Korean Peninsula.