Synonyms for With-standing:

• adj.

  •defensive (adjective)
  • in opposition,
  • forestalling,
  • thwarting,
  • resistive,
  • warding off,
  • arresting,
  • preventive,
  • opposing,
  • Withstanding,
  • foiling,
  • frustrating,
  • defending,
  • safeguarding,
  • averting,
  • conservative,
  • protecting,
  • Checking,
  • coping with,
  • balking,
  • guarding,
  • Interrupting,
  • uptight,
  • preservative.
  •on guard (adjective)
  • expectant,
  • cautious,
  • alert,
  • watchful,
  • vigilant.
  •recalcitrant (adjective)
  • refractory,
  • undisciplinable,
  • resistant,
  • obstinate,
  • unmanageable,
  • rebellious,
  • ungovernable,
  • stubborn,
  • unwilling,
  • defiant,
  • undisciplined,
  • contumacious,
  • wayward,
  • intractable,
  • wild,
  • insubordinate,
  • unruly,
  • contrary,
  • Resisting,
  • untoward,
  • indomitable,
  • willful,
  • radical,
  • insubmissive,
  • fractious.
  •tough (adjective)
  • cohesive,
  • firm,
  • stalwart,
  • tough as nails,
  • healthy,
  • mighty,
  • hardened,
  • sinewy,
  • tenacious,
  • hard-bitten,
  • lusty,
  • rigid,
  • indigestible,
  • robust,
  • fibrous,
  • conditioned,
  • resilient,
  • leathery,
  • unbreakable,
  • stiff,
  • strapping,
  • solid,
  • hard as nails,
  • hardy,
  • inflexible,
  • durable,
  • brawny,
  • vigorous,
  • seasoned,
  • dense,
  • rugged,
  • unyielding,
  • Steeled,
  • flinty,
  • hard,
  • molded,
  • stout,
  • tight,
  • fit.

• n.

  •endurance (noun)
  • patience,
  • pluck,
  • restraint,
  • gutsiness,
  • standing,
  • ability,
  • will,
  • resistance,
  • tenacity,
  • bearing,
  • capacity,
  • coolness,
  • forebearance,
  • heart,
  • moxie,
  • strength,
  • allowance,
  • enduring,
  • pertinacity,
  • resolution,
  • starch,
  • persistence,
  • cool,
  • Undergoing,
  • courage,
  • vitality,
  • continuing,
  • intestinal fortitude,
  • suffering,
  • grit,
  • mettle,
  • resignation,
  • submission,
  • sufferance,
  • backbone,
  • stamina,
  • holding up,
  • perseverance,
  • guts,
  • spunk,
  • tolerance,
  • fortitude,
  • toleration.
  •imperviousness (noun)
  • immunity,
  • unsusceptibility,
  • Insusceptibility.
  •insusceptibility (noun)
  • imperviousness.
  •renitence (noun)
  • Renitency,
  • opposition.
  •renitency (noun)
  • Renitence.
  •resistance (noun)
  • holding,
  • halting,
  • intransigence,
  • impedance,
  • cover,
  • support,
  • watch,
  • screen,
  • hindrance,
  • detention,
  • impediment,
  • friction,
  • shield,
  • Parrying,
  • safeguard,
  • check,
  • struggle,
  • impeding,
  • protection,
  • obstruction,
  • counteraction,
  • rebuff,
  • refusal,
  • contention,
  • blocking,
  • striking back,
  • defiance,
  • retardation,
  • battle.

• v.

  •abide (verb)
  • stand for,
  • consent,
  • concede,
  • receive,
  • stomach,
  • endure,
  • hang in there,
  • live with,
  • bear,
  • bear with,
  • acknowledge,
  • withstand,
  • sit tight,
  • be big about,
  • defer,
  • swallow,
  • accept,
  • hang in.
  •bear up (verb)
  • carry on,
  • persevere,
  • soldier on.
  •brave (verb)
  • venture,
  • Outdare,
  • go through,
  • challenge,
  • court,
  • beard,
  • face off,
  • risk,
  • dare.
  •brook (verb)
  • go,
  • abide,
  • be big,
  • countenance,
  • hear of,
  • allow.
  •buck (verb)
  • leap,
  • trip,
  • throw,
  • vault,
  • dislodge,
  • jump,
  • prance,
  • bound,
  • start,
  • jerk,
  • unseat.
  •combat (verb)
  • war,
  • cross swords with,
  • clash,
  • strive,
  • engage,
  • go up against,
  • do battle with,
  • put up a fight,
  • shoot it out,
  • contend.
  •come through (verb)
  • pull through,
  • persist,
  • weather storm,
  • survive,
  • live through,
  • ride.
  •come to grips with (verb)
  • go to the mat,
  • bite the bullet.
  •confront (verb)
  • scorn,
  • call one's bluff,
  • affront,
  • meet eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • come up against,
  • meet,
  • encounter,
  • face down,
  • face with,
  • make my day,
  • tell off,
  • flout,
  • go one-on-one,
  • front,
  • accost,
  • face up to.
  •contend (verb)
  • jockey for position,
  • rival,
  • go after,
  • litigate,
  • shoot at,
  • have at,
  • controvert,
  • knock oneself out,
  • tangle with,
  • vie,
  • argue,
  • jostle,
  • go for jugular,
  • go for it,
  • oppugn,
  • skirmish,
  • make play for,
  • tug,
  • emulate,
  • give all one's got,
  • lock horns,
  • give one's all,
  • shoot for,
  • go for,
  • mix it up with,
  • scramble for,
  • push,
  • go for broke,
  • push for,
  • grapple.
  •contest (verb)
  • scrap,
  • conflict,
  • scuffle,
  • sock,
  • rumpus,
  • feud,
  • knuckle with,
  • gang up on,
  • attack,
  • altercate,
  • break with,
  • lay a finger on,
  • strike,
  • brawl,
  • set to,
  • fight over,
  • row,
  • lay out,
  • defend,
  • compete,
  • square off,
  • put on gloves,
  • quarrel,
  • hassle,
  • put up dukes,
  • wrangle,
  • tilt.
  •defend (verb)
  • look after,
  • garrison,
  • take in,
  • hold,
  • retain,
  • beat off,
  • fend off,
  • insure,
  • ward off,
  • entrench,
  • nourish,
  • sustain,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • mine,
  • keep safe,
  • hedge,
  • stave off,
  • cherish,
  • conserve,
  • house,
  • espouse,
  • repel danger,
  • uphold,
  • guard,
  • care for,
  • guard against,
  • bulwark,
  • save,
  • foster,
  • fortify,
  • secure,
  • maintain,
  • prevent,
  • fight for,
  • avert,
  • preserve,
  • panoply,
  • watch over,
  • hold at bay,
  • shelter.
  •defy (verb)
  • insult,
  • mock,
  • foil,
  • baffle,
  • disregard,
  • provoke,
  • ignore,
  • defeat,
  • take one on,
  • hurl defiance at,
  • despise,
  • contemn,
  • gibe,
  • spurn,
  • repulse,
  • deride,
  • slight,
  • fly in face of,
  • elude,
  • ridicule.
  •disobey (verb)
  • overstep,
  • desert,
  • be remiss,
  • neglect,
  • riot,
  • revolutionize,
  • transgress,
  • break rules,
  • pay no attention to,
  • misbehave,
  • rebel,
  • differ,
  • recalcitrate,
  • decline,
  • run riot,
  • insurrect,
  • revolution,
  • evade,
  • rise in arms,
  • balk,
  • object,
  • revolt,
  • not listen,
  • take law into own hands,
  • contravene,
  • not mind,
  • shirk,
  • disagree,
  • go counter to,
  • set aside,
  • mutiny,
  • not heed,
  • counteract,
  • infringe.
  •endure (verb)
  • permit,
  • know,
  • sit through,
  • stick it out,
  • take patiently,
  • accustom,
  • meet with,
  • subject to,
  • bear the brunt,
  • keep up,
  • live out,
  • feel,
  • never say die,
  • brook,
  • eat,
  • resign oneself,
  • grin and bear it,
  • experience,
  • cope with,
  • repress feelings,
  • be patient with,
  • submit to,
  • undergo.
  •face (verb)
  • take the bull by the horns,
  • make a stand,
  • eyeball,
  • deal with,
  • be confronted by,
  • bit the bullet,
  • run into,
  • submit.
  •fight (verb)
  • take the field,
  • cross swords,
  • wage war,
  • wage,
  • toil on,
  • carry on war,
  • hammer away,
  • wrestle,
  • flare up,
  • push forward,
  • make a stand against,
  • assault,
  • buckle down,
  • tussle,
  • take up the gauntlet,
  • ply weapons,
  • tiff,
  • further,
  • prosecute,
  • exchange blows,
  • fall out,
  • exert oneself,
  • box,
  • light into,
  • put up an argument,
  • squabble,
  • take all comers,
  • bandy with,
  • joust,
  • mix it up,
  • rowdy,
  • spar,
  • conduct,
  • travail,
  • brush with,
  • go to war,
  • do battle,
  • effect,
  • engage in,
  • protect,
  • take pains,
  • continue,
  • force,
  • bicker,
  • bear arms,
  • spare no effort,
  • lay into.
  •gainsay (verb)
  • refute,
  • repudiate,
  • negate,
  • disclaim,
  • disprove,
  • deny,
  • Disaffirm,
  • negative,
  • impugn.
  •hang tough (verb)
  • tough it out,
  • gut it out,
  • stick in there.
  •hold out (verb)
  • hold on.
  •kick (verb)
  • expostulate,
  • gripe,
  • inveigh,
  • protest,
  • carp,
  • repine,
  • mumble,
  • grumble,
  • curse,
  • anathematize,
  • whine,
  • fuss,
  • criticize,
  • remonstrate,
  • wail,
  • except,
  • execrate,
  • condemn,
  • damn.
  •oppose (verb)
  • gainsay,
  • disapprove,
  • turn the tables,
  • taunt,
  • speak against,
  • assail,
  • reverse,
  • hinder,
  • frown at,
  • debate,
  • expose,
  • counterattack,
  • not countenance,
  • bar,
  • contradict,
  • take issue,
  • call in question,
  • counter,
  • bombard,
  • run counter to,
  • take a stand,
  • search out,
  • neutralize.
  •remonstrate (verb)
  • disparage,
  • find fault,
  • kick,
  • pick at,
  • blame,
  • recriminate,
  • nag,
  • frown upon,
  • decry,
  • animadvert,
  • sound off,
  • dissent,
  • complain,
  • rain,
  • scold,
  • demur,
  • deprecate,
  • censure,
  • take exception.
  •repel (verb)
  • hold back,
  • chase away,
  • cut,
  • keep at arm's length,
  • brush off,
  • force back,
  • rebut,
  • dismiss,
  • parry,
  • beat back,
  • keep off,
  • force off,
  • put down,
  • put to flight,
  • drive away,
  • turn down,
  • drive back,
  • push back,
  • keep at bay,
  • cast aside,
  • knock down,
  • reject,
  • give cold shoulder to,
  • refuse,
  • disown,
  • drive off.
  •stand/stand for (verb)
  • wear,
  • last,
  • handle,
  • resign oneself to,
  • stay the course.
  •stem (verb)
  • curb,
  • restrain,
  • arrest,
  • dam,
  • stay,
  • bring to a standstill,
  • contain,
  • control.
  •submit (verb)
  • humor,
  • kowtow,
  • knuckle,
  • go with the flow,
  • say uncle,
  • yield,
  • accede,
  • capitulate,
  • cave,
  • lay down arms,
  • stoop,
  • be submissive,
  • relinquish,
  • obey,
  • throw in the towel,
  • succumb,
  • agree,
  • surrender,
  • give way,
  • cede,
  • give ground,
  • truckle,
  • appease,
  • bend,
  • relent,
  • acquiesce,
  • give away,
  • knuckle under,
  • buckle,
  • indulge,
  • eat crow,
  • fold,
  • give in,
  • toe the line,
  • bow,
  • quit.
  •survive (verb)
  • outwear,
  • outlive,
  • make a comeback,
  • live,
  • go all the way,
  • make the cut,
  • live on,
  • keep afloat,
  • remain,
  • carry through,
  • live down,
  • exist,
  • get through,
  • recover,
  • cut it,
  • outlast,
  • pull out of it,
  • get on,
  • see through,
  • be extant,
  • be left,
  • remain alive,
  • go the limit,
  • stand up,
  • come through,
  • keep,
  • subsist,
  • revive.
  •sustain (verb)
  • see,
  • digest,
  • bear up under,
  • have.
  •take (verb)
  • take it lying down,
  • accommodate,
  • take it on the chin,
  • hack,
  • let in,
  • give access,
  • welcome.
  •traverse (verb)
  • impede,
  • frustrate,
  • obstruct,
  • go against.
  •undergo (verb)
  • share,
  • bear up.
  •violate (verb)
  • infract,
  • offend,
  • contaminate,
  • trample on,
  • outrage,
  • err,
  • disobey,
  • profane,
  • sin,
  • tamper with,
  • meddle,
  • disrupt,
  • trespass,
  • encroach,
  • breach,
  • sacrilege.
  •weather (verb)
  • bear the brunt of,
  • rise above,
  • toughen,
  • acclimate,
  • bear up against,
  • become toughened,
  • make it,
  • overcome,
  • harden,
  • grow strong,
  • season,
  • grow hardened,
  • surmount.
  •withstand (verb)
  • ride out,
  • weather,
  • fly in the face of,
  • stick,
  • hang tough,
  • prevail against,
  • tolerate,
  • suffer,
  • take,
  • hold out,
  • grapple with,
  • brace,
  • combat,
  • stand firm,
  • stick fast,
  • stand up against,
  • stand,
  • dispute,
  • hang on,
  • take it,
  • cross,
  • thwart,
  • buck,
  • traverse,
  • stand one's ground,
  • repel,
  • sit and take it,
  • violate,
  • face,
  • win out,
  • oppose,
  • remain firm,
  • confront,
  • stand fast,
  • put up with,
  • duel,
  • stand up to,
  • cope,
  • take on,
  • hold off,
  • resist,
  • contest,
  • defy,
  • brave,
  • hold one's ground,
  • put up struggle,
  • fight.

Antonyms for With-standing:

• adj.

  • defensive
    unwatchful, unprotective, undefensive, unwary.
  • recalcitrant
    yielding, agreeable, manageable, amenable, compliant, passive, obedient.
  • tough
    kind, nice, pliant, soft, delicate, unstable, slack, pliable, flexible, controllable, weak, loose, facile, tender, vulnerable, fragile, gentle, easy, wobbly.

• n.

  • endurance
    impotence, incompetence, indolence, lack, compliance, lethargy, intolerance, indifference, fear, apathy, timidity, inability, end, laziness, resistance, fleetingness, idleness, cowardice, weakness.
  • imperviousness
    injury, harm, truce, hurt.
  • resistance
    submission, assistance, liberation, conforming, cooperation, promotion, peace.

• v.

  • abide
    dissent, discontinue, move, migrate, stop, avoid, go, fight, repudiate, disagree, dispute, despise, resist, carry on, contradict, leave, pass, depart, continue, shun, quit, offer, give.
  • brave
    complain, capitulate, break down, skip, run away.
  • brook
    disapprove, hold, keep.
  • buck
    allow.
  • combat
    retreat, give in, compromise, make peace, run.
  • come through
    fail.
  • confront
    evade, back down.
  • contend
    comply, cede, abandon, go along, desert.
  • contest
    concur, harmonize, resign.
  • defend
    release, forget, endanger, lose, relinquish, ignore, uncover, let go, discourage, reveal, deny, renounce, neglect, waste, forsake, squander, attack, injure.
  • defy
    flatter, attract, obey, like, commend, note, encourage, admire, abet, regard, compliment, pay attention, respect, love, praise.
  • disobey
    consent, observe, accept, oblige, submit, DO, behave, conform.
  • endure
    halt, maintain, oppose.
  • face
    back, veto, withdraw.
  • fight
    idle, believe, uphold, cease.
  • gainsay
    endorse, acknowledge, prove, approve, permit, admit.
  • go through
    hoard, save, store.
  • kick
    favor, laud, take up.
  • oppose
    forward, join, participate.
  • remonstrate
    exalt, applaud, sanction, concede.
  • repel
    increase, draw.
  • stand/stand for
    overlook, disobey.
  • stem
    liberate, cause.
  • submit
    win, conceal, flatten, defend, dissuade, straighten, protest.
  • survive
    die.
  • sustain
    misunderstand, abstain.
  • take
    be immune, add, repulse, disenchant, misconceive, be honest, turn away.
  • traverse
    confirm, back up, advance, promote, facilitate.
  • undergo
    execute, commit.
  • violate
    purify.
  • weather
    soften.
  • withstand
    help, assist, reject, hide, disallow, refuse, give up, aid, agree, unfasten, dodge, support, yield, loosen, surrender.