abiding

The word “abiding” has 3 syllables: a-bid-ing

It's pronounced as /əˈbaɪdɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for abiding?

In the thesaurus, “abiding” has 23 synonyms and 55 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for abiding

  • accepting
  • continuing
  • dwelling
  • enduring
  • eternal
  • everlasting
  • handling
  • immortal
  • lasting
  • living
  • ongoing
  • perennial
  • perpetual
  • persistent
  • persisting
  • remaining
  • residing
  • standing
  • staying
  • steadfast
  • taking
  • tolerating
  • waiting

Antonyms for abiding

  • antiquated
  • archaic
  • avoiding
  • bailing
  • bailing out
  • ceasing
  • clearing off
  • clearing out
  • closing
  • combating
  • combatting
  • concluding
  • cutting out
  • declining
  • departing
  • discontinuing
  • dismissing
  • dying
  • ending
  • ephemeral
  • escaping
  • exiting
  • expiring
  • fighting
  • finishing
  • flying
  • getting off
  • going
  • going off
  • lapsing
  • leaving
  • moving
  • obsolete
  • opposing
  • out-of-date
  • outdated
  • outmoded
  • outworn
  • passing
  • peeling off
  • pulling out
  • pushing off
  • pushing on
  • quitting
  • refusing
  • rejecting
  • repudiating
  • resisting
  • stopping
  • taking off
  • temporary
  • terminating
  • transient
  • turning down
  • walking out

Meanings of abiding

  • 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.
  • adjective
    1. Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.
  • noun
    1. The action of one who abides; the state of an abider.
    2. An abode.

Example Sentences

  • Abiding by his promise, he remained loyal to his friend through thick and thin.
  • The residents demonstrated their commitment to the community by abiding by the neighborhood regulations.
  • Her faith was abiding, guiding her through life's trials and tribulations.
  • The company's success is attributed to its abiding dedication to customer satisfaction.
  • In their relationship, trust was the abiding foundation that held them together through the years.

On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abiding, such as: accepting, antiquated, archaic, avoiding, bailing, bailing out, ceasing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

falling in with

  • abiding by
  • accommodate
  • agreeing
  • associating
  • attune
  • bear
  • being friends with
  • bonding
  • bump into
  • coinciding
  • collaborating
  • come across
  • come upon
  • comply
  • concur
  • conform
  • conforming
  • confront
  • connecting
  • contact
  • cooperate
  • coordinate
  • corresponding
  • detect
  • discover
  • encounter
  • enlist
  • enter
  • experience
  • face
  • find
  • fit
  • follow
  • following
  • greet
  • harmonize
  • hooking up
  • identify
  • integrate
  • joining
  • keeping to
  • locate
  • meet
  • messing around
  • mixing
  • notice
  • obeying
  • reconcile
  • recover
  • relating
  • run into
  • running
  • see
  • side with
  • spot
  • strike
  • suffer
  • tailor
  • taking up with
  • traveling
  • travelling
  • turn up
  • uncover
  • unearth
  • yield

keeping to

lasting

  • abiding
  • continuing
  • deep-rooted
  • durable
  • enduring
  • eternal
  • everlasting
  • immortal
  • indelible
  • lifelong
  • long-term
  • longstanding
  • ongoing
  • permanent
  • persisting
  • prevailing
  • remaining
  • stable
  • surviving

obedient

  • amenable
  • attentive
  • biddable
  • compliant
  • conformable
  • deferential
  • devoted
  • docile
  • dutiful
  • faithful
  • gentle
  • law-abiding
  • loyal
  • meek
  • respectful
  • restrained
  • submissive
  • subservient
  • tractable

unchanging


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