Synonyms for Stands up to:

• v.

  •beard (verb)
  • face,
  • oppose,
  • stand up to,
  • brave.
  •brave (verb)
  • venture,
  • confront,
  • take on,
  • defy,
  • dare,
  • bear,
  • go through,
  • Outdare,
  • fly in the face of,
  • support,
  • challenge,
  • risk,
  • withstand,
  • court,
  • suffer,
  • face off,
  • beard.
  •challenge (verb)
  • vindicate,
  • denounce,
  • hang in,
  • throw down the gauntlet,
  • inquire,
  • ask for,
  • face the music,
  • impugn,
  • call for,
  • arouse,
  • investigate,
  • accost,
  • impeach,
  • claim,
  • summon,
  • test,
  • insist upon,
  • query,
  • try,
  • require,
  • object to,
  • reclaim,
  • cross,
  • demand,
  • assert,
  • exact,
  • call out,
  • face down,
  • invite competition,
  • make a point of,
  • provoke,
  • search out,
  • stick it out,
  • stimulate,
  • tax,
  • impose,
  • make a stand.
  •confront (verb)
  • face with,
  • front,
  • face up to,
  • resist,
  • repel,
  • affront,
  • scorn,
  • go up against,
  • meet eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • come up against,
  • flout,
  • tell off,
  • go one-on-one,
  • meet,
  • call one's bluff,
  • make my day,
  • encounter.
  •fight (verb)
  • uphold,
  • argue,
  • combat,
  • toil on,
  • take pains,
  • persevere,
  • hassle,
  • further,
  • endure,
  • force,
  • effect,
  • put up an argument,
  • lay into,
  • fall out,
  • hammer away,
  • squabble,
  • buckle down,
  • maintain,
  • push forward,
  • buck,
  • engage in,
  • row,
  • dispute,
  • strive,
  • tangle with,
  • travail,
  • conduct,
  • contest,
  • traverse,
  • struggle,
  • wage,
  • make a stand against,
  • light into,
  • wrangle,
  • carry on,
  • spare no effort,
  • exert oneself,
  • bicker,
  • persist,
  • continue,
  • prosecute.
  •resist (verb)
  • turn down,
  • remain,
  • duel,
  • keep from,
  • counteract,
  • hold,
  • curb,
  • refuse,
  • remain firm,
  • antagonize,
  • forgo,
  • hold off,
  • brook,
  • weather,
  • countervail,
  • refrain,
  • abide,
  • fight back,
  • contend,
  • stay,
  • die hard,
  • stonewall,
  • abstain from,
  • put up a fight,
  • forbear,
  • struggle against,
  • hold out against,
  • leave alone.
  •sustain (verb)
  • digest,
  • have,
  • take it,
  • undergo,
  • stand,
  • bear with,
  • feel,
  • bear up under,
  • put up with,
  • live with,
  • see,
  • know,
  • go,
  • tolerate,
  • stomach.
  •take on (verb)
  • go one on one with,
  • go toe to toe with,
  • go eyeball to eyeball with,
  • question.
  •throw down the gauntlet (verb)
  • knock the chip off one's shoulder,
  • ask for trouble,
  • do something about it,
  • invite to debate,
  • start something,
  • cross swards,
  • meet face to face.
  •withstand (verb)
  • stand one's ground,
  • grapple with,
  • stand firm,
  • stand fast,
  • sit and take it,
  • stand up against,
  • prevail against,
  • ride out,
  • hang on,
  • win out,
  • cope,
  • violate,
  • stick,
  • stick fast,
  • hold one's ground,
  • hold out,
  • take,
  • brace,
  • hang tough,
  • put up struggle.

Antonyms for Stands up to:

• v.

  • beard
    hide.
  • brave
    run away, fear, capitulate, give up, surrender, refuse, skip, dodge, reject, break down, complain, yield.
  • challenge
    ignore, agreement, decision, deny, victory, calm, answer.
  • confront
    back down, avoid, evade.
  • fight
    neglect, cease, halt, stop, forget, make peace, concur, agree, idle, give in, comply, believe, leave, let go, uphold, quit.
  • oppose
    join, allow, forward, permit, encourage, support, assist, accept, go along, favor, approve, aid, harmonize, help, retreat, participate.
  • resist
    go, conform, indulge, ok, advance, abandon, discontinue, desert.
  • sustain
    disallow, misunderstand, shun, abstain.
  • withstand
    loosen, unfasten.