abided

The word “abided” has 3 syllables: a-bid-ed

It's pronounced as /əˈbaɪdɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for abided?

In the thesaurus, “abided” has 76 synonyms and 81 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abided along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abided

  • absorbed
  • accepted
  • acquiesced
  • allowed
  • awaited
  • bided
  • bode
  • bore
  • brooked
  • capitulated
  • carried through
  • cohabited
  • continued
  • countenanced
  • dallied
  • dawdled
  • dwelled
  • dwelt
  • endured
  • frequented
  • hacked
  • handled
  • haunted
  • held on
  • held up
  • hung around
  • hung on
  • inhabited
  • kept up
  • lasted
  • leased
  • lingered
  • lived
  • lived with
  • lodged
  • loitered
  • met
  • occupied
  • outstayed
  • overstayed
  • peopled
  • perdured
  • permitted
  • persisted
  • pocketed
  • populated
  • prevailed
  • ran on
  • remained
  • rented
  • resided
  • respected
  • settled
  • stayed
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • stuck around
  • stuck out
  • sublet
  • suffered
  • supported
  • survived
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • tarried
  • tenanted
  • tolerated
  • took
  • toughed it out
  • visited
  • waited
  • went
  • wore

Antonyms for abided

  • abandoned
  • abated
  • absconded
  • avoided
  • bailed
  • bailed out
  • booked
  • bugged out
  • bypassed
  • ceased
  • circumvented
  • cleared off
  • cleared out
  • closed
  • combated
  • combatted
  • concluded
  • contested
  • cut out
  • decamped
  • declined
  • departed
  • deserted
  • desisted
  • died
  • discontinued
  • dismissed
  • dodged
  • ebbed
  • eluded
  • ended
  • escaped
  • evacuated
  • evaded
  • exited
  • expired
  • finished
  • fled
  • flew
  • forbore
  • forsook
  • fought
  • got off
  • got out
  • lapsed
  • left
  • left off
  • let up
  • missed
  • moderated
  • moved
  • opposed
  • passed
  • peeled off
  • pulled out
  • pushed off
  • pushed on
  • quit
  • quitted
  • ran away
  • refused
  • rejected
  • repudiated
  • resisted
  • scatted
  • scrammed
  • skipped
  • spurned
  • stopped
  • subsided
  • terminated
  • took off
  • turned down
  • vacated
  • vamoosed
  • walked out
  • waned
  • went
  • went off
  • winded up
  • wound up

Meanings of abided

  • verb
    1. To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
    2. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
    3. To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
    4. To wait in expectation.
    5. To pause; to delay.
    6. To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
    7. To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
    8. To endure; to remain; to last.
    9. To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
    10. To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
    11. To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

Example Sentences

  • She abided by her promise to always support her friend in times of need.
  • Despite the challenges, the team abided by their commitment to finish the project on time.
  • The citizens proudly abided by the principles of democracy during the election process.
  • Throughout his life, he abided by a strict code of ethics that guided his decisions.
  • The citizens proudly abided by the laws of their democratic society, fostering a sense of order and fairness.

On this page you'll find 157 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abided, such as: abandoned, abated, absconded, absorbed, accepted, acquiesced, allowed.

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  • motivated
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  • stomached
  • stood
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absorbed

  • abated
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  • abode
  • accepted
  • acculturated
  • accustomed
  • acquiesced
  • alert
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  • all ears
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  • amalgamated
  • assimilated
  • ate
  • attentive
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  • bemused
  • bewitched
  • bided
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  • bore
  • brooked
  • burned
  • burnt
  • busied
  • capitulated
  • captivated
  • caught up
  • charmed
  • co-opted
  • combined
  • commingled
  • conditioned
  • conscious
  • consumed
  • countenanced
  • crippled
  • de-escalated
  • debilitated
  • decreased
  • deep
  • deep in thought
  • depleted
  • devoured
  • diminished
  • disabled
  • dissipated
  • distracted
  • downsized
  • drained
  • drank
  • drew down
  • dried up
  • dwindled
  • embodied
  • emptied
  • enchanted
  • enculturated
  • endured
  • enfeebled
  • engaged
  • engrossed
  • enthralled
  • enwrapped
  • exhausted
  • expended
  • fascinated
  • fixed
  • focused
  • focussed
  • fused
  • gone
  • gripped
  • gulped
  • guzzled
  • habituated
  • hacked
  • handled
  • held
  • hogged
  • hypnotized
  • imbibed
  • immersed
  • impoverished
  • incorporated
  • integrated
  • intent
  • interested
  • intermingled
  • intrigued
  • involved
  • lavished
  • lessened
  • lived with
  • lost
  • lowered
  • merged
  • mesmerized
  • met
  • mingled
  • misspent
  • monopolized
  • naturalized
  • observant
  • obsessed
  • occupied
  • open-eyed
  • permitted
  • played out
  • pocketed
  • preoccupied
  • quaffed
  • ran out of
  • ran through
  • rapt
  • really into
  • reduced
  • respected
  • sapped
  • sipped
  • slurped
  • spent
  • sponged
  • squandered
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • stuck out
  • suffered
  • supported
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • swigged
  • swilled
  • threw away
  • tolerated
  • took
  • took up
  • toughed it out
  • undermined
  • up to here
  • used
  • used up
  • wasted
  • watchful
  • weakened
  • went
  • wide-awake
  • wore
  • wrapped-up

was

  • abide
  • abided
  • abode
  • act
  • arose
  • awaited
  • be alive
  • befall
  • befell
  • betided
  • bore
  • breathe
  • breathed
  • broke
  • came
  • came about
  • came down
  • came off
  • came to pass
  • came up
  • categorized
  • chanced
  • classed
  • classified
  • codified
  • come about
  • come to pass
  • commanded
  • compartmentalized
  • continue
  • continued
  • cooked
  • counted
  • developed
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  • dwelled
  • dwelt
  • endure
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  • existed
  • fell out
  • flourished
  • followed
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  • graded
  • grouped
  • happed
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  • held on
  • held up
  • hold
  • hung around
  • inhabit
  • installed
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  • intervened
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  • led
  • live
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  • move
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  • obtain
  • occur
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  • overlooked
  • passed
  • persist
  • persisted
  • placed
  • posted
  • prevail
  • proceeded
  • prospered
  • ran on
  • ranked
  • rated
  • remain
  • remained
  • resided
  • rest
  • rested
  • resulted
  • rose
  • ruled
  • sat
  • seeded
  • separated
  • set
  • sorted
  • stand
  • stationed
  • stay
  • stayed
  • stood
  • stuck around
  • subsist
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  • survive
  • survived
  • take place
  • tarried
  • thrived
  • throve
  • transpire
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  • turned out
  • waited
  • went down
  • went off
  • went on

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