Antonyms for withstand
wɪθˈstænd, wɪð-with·stand

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1. withstand

   Antonyms:
   admit, allow, concede, consent to, grant, let, permit, sanction, suffer, tolerate, yield

   Synonyms:
   deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, protest, refuse, reject, resist

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1. withstand

   Antonyms:
   yield, surrender, submit, acquiesce, countenance, support, encourage, aid, abet, back

   Synonyms:
   oppose, resist, confront, thwart, face

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1. defy, withstand, hold, hold upverb

   resist or confront with resistance

   "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, book, stand up, retain, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, hold out, take hold, bind, defy, hold up, arrest, dare, live, take, have, concord, survive, live on, check, make, take for, go for, stand firm, keep, defend, control, harbor, deem, throw, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, curb, hold, stick up, last, confine, hold water, have got, go, endure, restrain, declare, agree, hold in, delay, halt, contain, concur, maintain, guard, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, refuse, resist, detain, bear

2. resist, hold out, withstand, stand firmverb

   stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

   Synonyms:
   live, exsert, reject, hold firm, stand pat, stand, last, refuse, stretch forth, wear, hold up, hold out, fend, stand fast, hold, balk, live on, dissent, put out, stretch out, extend, jib, go, endure, stand firm, defy, baulk, survive, protest, resist

How to use withstand in a sentence?

1. Julio Bastias:

   The merlot won't be able to withstand the heat and it will have to be harvested earlier.

2. David Becker:

   If they think they have a claim, if they think this is new information that can withstand scrutiny by a court.

3. Laozi:

   Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.

4. Proverb:

   A mud hut cannot withstand great shocks.

5. Craig Hodges:

   We want to focus on the survivors and those that have the balance sheets to withstand much lower oil prices, at the same time, cheaper energy is a net positive for the economy as a whole, and we're trying to tap into that.

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