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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1. Kathleen Stewart:

   Everyone ran without thinking. It took out a wall ..., i heard the car when it when he went through the wall. It was so loud. I was standing about 30 to 50 yards away. I saw two people that were dead -- one person was getting resuscitation and it didn't work, and they put a sheet on her body. A lot of people were injured.

2. Eytan Gilboa:

   For those on the fence, it will enhance his standing for sure, the Golan Heights recognition, warm White House reception, personal dinner with Trump. It will both divert attention away from his pressing domestic concerns and make him appear as a great world leader.

3. Associated Press/GoFundMe/Facebook -RRB- Ramirez:

   Presuming the guilt of a young man found innocent by a jury of of his peers is the antithesis of standing for a fair criminal justice system, that JMU allowed this to take place on their official social media accounts, to say nothing of the blatant misinformation, is egregious.

4. Gennadiy Goldberg:

   The move lower in rates has just been absolutely relentless, and even long-standing bond bulls have been surprised by how quickly we moved to this level, there’s definitely an element of the unknown about what the extent of the actual contagion is from Brexit.

5. Dez Bryant:

   I respect Colin Kaepernick. But there is one thing that I don’t respect and I said when I get the opportunity and to get on the stage and say it, I would say it. And I love him to death. So there ain’t no hate or nothing like that, but brotha, you had the biggest opportunity in the world to create jobs, to build jobs, to give jobs to people. The people you was talking about. The people that you were so-called ‘standing up for.’ People who stood beside you, people who lost their jobs because of you. Where you at? I ain’t heard from you. He brought the awareness and that’s why I respect him.