Definition for Forbear:

• for-b[= a]r', v.i. to keep one's self in check: to abstain.-- v.t. to abstain from: to avoid voluntarily: to spare, to withhold.-- n. FORBEAR'ANCE, exercise of patience: command of temper: clemency.-- adjs. FORBEAR'ANT, FORBEAR'ING, long-suffering: patient.-- adv. FORBEAR'INGLY. [ A.S. forberan, pa.t. forbær, pa.p. forboren. See pfx. for- and bear.]

Synonyms for Forbear:

• n.

  •
  • procrastinate,
  • delay,
  • temporize,
  • hesitate.
  •
  • restraint,
  • withhold.
  •forbear (noun)
  • forebear,
  • refrain.
  •person (noun)
  • forebear.

• v.

  •cease (verb)
  • pause.
  •forgive (verb)
  • reprieve,
  • acquit,
  • tolerate,
  • dismiss,
  • forgive,
  • overlook,
  • pardon,
  • relent,
  • exonerate,
  • vindicate,
  • condone,
  • show mercy,
  • absolve,
  • excuse,
  • forget,
  • remit.
  •resist the temptation to (verb)
  • sacrifice,
  • keep from,
  • restrain,
  • abstain,
  • withhold,
  • bridle,
  • stop,
  • pause,
  • keep,
  • hold back,
  • eschew,
  • desist,
  • curb,
  • go easy,
  • inhibit,
  • shun,
  • evade,
  • refrain,
  • omit,
  • avoid,
  • cease,
  • escape,
  • forgo,
  • decline.
  •stative (verb)
  • hold back.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • descendant,
  • lineage,
  • progenitor,
  • ancestry,
  • forefathers.
  •
  • withhold,
  • ancestor,
  • genealogy.
  •
  • descent,
  • pedigree.
  •
  • stock.
  •
  • line.
  •leave
  • leave.
  •relinquish
  • lay aside.
  •renounce
  • abnegate.
  •resist
  • abstain from.
  •Other relevant words:
  • truculence,
  • let go by,
  • curb,
  • dispense with,
  • miss,
  • endure,
  • forerunner,
  • give up,
  • discontinue,
  • abstain,
  • supersede,
  • forbearance,
  • hesitate,
  • lay aside,
  • temperance,
  • contain,
  • refrain from,
  • pitiless,
  • arrest,
  • be patient,
  • abjure,
  • hold off,
  • eject,
  • escape,
  • stock,
  • retain,
  • hold aloof from,
  • procrastinate,
  • grandfather,
  • have pity,
  • keep from,
  • give warning,
  • pedigree,
  • melt,
  • abiding,
  • suffer,
  • temporize,
  • liberal,
  • ascendant,
  • unmerciful,
  • predecessor,
  • withhold,
  • immortal,
  • grim,
  • eschew,
  • not use,
  • pass up,
  • resign,
  • do without,
  • renounce,
  • tolerant,
  • descendant,
  • heartless,
  • shelve,
  • merciless,
  • genealogy,
  • forebear,
  • let well enough alone,
  • great grandparent,
  • leave,
  • pretermit,
  • relinquish,
  • harsh,
  • wait,
  • everlasting,
  • forbearing,
  • oblige,
  • spare,
  • stand aloof from,
  • lineage,
  • reserve,
  • lastingly,
  • relax,
  • conceal,
  • persevere,
  • forswear,
  • not touch,
  • abide,
  • leave undone,
  • sacrifice,
  • discard,
  • shun,
  • implacable,
  • leave off,
  • waive,
  • omit,
  • deny oneself,
  • keep off,
  • put aside,
  • deny,
  • patriarch,
  • brutal,
  • refrain,
  • forgo,
  • cease,
  • keep,
  • precursor,
  • cut,
  • carry on,
  • skip,
  • forego,
  • avoid,
  • go easy,
  • hold back,
  • sauve qui peut,
  • Abidingly,
  • bear,
  • neglect,
  • tolerance,
  • restrain,
  • desist,
  • disregard,
  • pause,
  • carry through,
  • lose,
  • lasting,
  • line,
  • save,
  • progenitor,
  • forfeit,
  • delay,
  • permanent,
  • check,
  • evade,
  • let be,
  • stop,
  • bear with,
  • broad,
  • inhibit,
  • restrain oneself,
  • enduring,
  • remorseless,
  • cruel,
  • be temperate,
  • take pity on,
  • abnegate,
  • hold,
  • abstain from,
  • indulgent,
  • disuse,
  • facilitate,
  • let up on,
  • bridle,
  • ancestor,
  • inhuman,
  • pass over,
  • expression,
  • stand aloof,
  • resist,
  • forefathers,
  • give quarter,
  • thaw,
  • ruthless,
  • appearance,
  • descent,
  • grandparent,
  • abandon,
  • lenient,
  • decline,
  • ancestry,
  • keep back,
  • restraint,
  • forefather,
  • have nothing to do with,
  • swear off,
  • have done with,
  • put up with.

Antonyms for Forbear:

• v.

  • resist the temptation to
    help, meet, involve, go, aid, indulge, use, continue, begin, free, partake, keep on, let go, encourage, restart, face, allow, release, start, accept, assist.
  • Other antonyms:
    succumb, bow, submit, knuckle under, acquiesce, concede, yield, capitulate, surrender, give in.

Hypernym for Forbear:

• n.

  • person
    grandparent, great grandparent.

Hyponym for Forbear:

• n.

  • person
    antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, ancestor, root.

• v.

  • stative
    forbear, refrain.