Synonyms for Suffer:

n.
- give/get the go-ahead
- descend into
- slip into
• hurt
- hurt
v.
• abide
- linger
- tarry
• accept
- respect
• admit
- bless
- buy
- harbor
- shelter
• authorize
- qualify
• bear with
- am patient
- are patient
- art patient
- being patient
- is patient
- made allowance
- makes allowance
- making allowance
- was patient
- wast patient
- were patient
- wert patient
• bleed
- am pain
- are in pain
- are pain
- art in pain
- art pain
- be pain
- being in pain
- being pain
- is in pain
- is pain
- was in pain
- was pain
- wast in pain
- wast pain
- were in pain
- were pain
- wert in pain
- wert pain
• brave
- faced off
- faces off
- facing off
- flew face of
- flew in face of
- flew in the face of
- flew the face of
- flies face of
- flies in face of
- flies in the face of
- flies the face of
- fly face of
- fly the face of
- flying face of
- flying in face of
- flying in the face of
- flying the face of
- out dare
- out dared
- out dares
- out daring
- out-dare
- out-dared
- out-dares
- out-daring
- outdared
- outdares
- outdaring
- standing up to
- stands to
- stands up to
- stood to
• come down
- de cline
- de clines
- de crease
- de creased
- de creases
- de creasing
- de generate
- de generated
- de generates
- de generating
- de scend
- de scended
- de scending
- de scends
- de-cline
- de-clines
- de-crease
- de-creased
- de-creases
- de-creasing
- de-generate
- de-generated
- de-generates
- de-generating
- de-scend
- de-scended
- de-scending
- de-scends
- re duce
- re duces
- re-duce
- re-duces
• come in for
- bare brunt
- beared brunt
- bearing brunt
- bears brunt
- bore brunt
• come to grips with
- come grips with
- go mat
- go the mat
- go to mat
- goes mat
- goes the mat
- goes to mat
- goes to the mat
- going mat
- going the mat
- going to mat
- going to the mat
- went mat
- went the mat
- went to mat
- went to the mat
• cope
- battled with
- battles with
- battling with
- dis patch
- dis patched
- dis patches
- dis patching
- dis-patch
- dis-patched
- dis-patches
- dis-patching
- gat a handle on
- gat handle on
- get handle on
- gets a handle on
- gets by
- gets handle on
- getting a handle on
- getting handle on
- got a handle on
- got handle on
- gotten a handle on
- gotten handle on
- held one own
- held one's own
- held ones own
- held own
- hold one own
- hold ones own
- hold own
- holding one own
- holding one's own
- holding ones own
- holding own
- holds one own
- holds one's own
- holds ones own
- holds own
- made go it
- made go of it
- made grade
- make go it
- make grade
- makes go it
- makes go of it
- makes grade
- makes it
- makes the grade
- making go it
- making go of it
- making grade
- making it
- pits against
- pits oneself against
- pitted against
- pitted oneself against
- pitting against
- pitting oneself against
- rise occasion
- rises occasion
- rises to occasion
- rising occasion
- rising to occasion
- rose occasion
- rose to occasion
- struggled through
- struggles through
- struggling through
• encounter
- alight up on
- alighted up on
- alighted upon
- alighting up on
- alighting upon
- alights up on
- alights upon
- alit up on
- alit upon
- bump in to
- chance up on
- chanced up on
- chanced upon
- chances up on
- chances upon
- chancing up on
- chancing upon
- come up on
- cross path
- crossed path
- crossed the path
- crosses path
- crosses the path
- crossing path
- crossing the path
- fall with
- falling in with
- falling with
- falls in with
- falls with
- fell in with
- fell with
- hit up on
- hits up on
- hits upon
- hitting up on
- hitting upon
- meeting up with
- meets up with
- meets with
- met up with
- ran across
- ran in to
- ran smack in to
- ran smack into
- rubbed eyeballs
- rubbing eyeballs
- rubs eyeballs
- run in to
- run smack in to
- running across
- running in to
- running smack in to
- running smack into
- runs across
- runs in to
- runs smack in to
- runs smack into
• endure
- am patient with
- are patient with
- art patient with
- bare the brunt
- beared the brunt
- bearing the brunt
- bears the brunt
- being patient with
- bore the brunt
- copes with
- grin bear it
- grinned and bear it
- grinned bear it
- grinning and bear it
- grinning bear it
- grins and bear it
- grins bear it
- is patient with
- lived out
- lives out
- living out
- living through
- nevered say die
- nevering say die
- nevers say die
- repressed feelings
- represses feelings
- repressing feelings
- resigned oneself
- resigning oneself
- resigns oneself
- rid out
- rides out
- riding out
- rode out
- sat through
- sate through
- sits through
- sitting through
- sticked it out
- sticking it out
- sticks it out
- stuck it out
- subjected to
- subjecting to
- subjects to
- takes patiently
- taking patiently
- took patiently
- was patient with
- wast patient with
- were patient with
- wert patient with
• face
- am confronted by
- are confronted by
- art confronted by
- being confronted by
- bits bullet
- bits the bullet
- bitted bullet
- bitted the bullet
- bitting bullet
- bitting the bullet
- goes against
- goes up against
- going against
- going up against
- grappled with
- grapples with
- grappling with
- is confronted by
- made a stand
- made stand
- make stand
- makes a stand
- makes stand
- making a stand
- making stand
- squares off
- take bull by horns
- take the bull by horns
- takes bull by horns
- takes bull by the horns
- takes the bull by horns
- takes the bull by the horns
- taking bull by horns
- taking bull by the horns
- taking the bull by horns
- taking the bull by the horns
- took bull by horns
- took bull by the horns
- took the bull by horns
- took the bull by the horns
- was confronted by
- wast confronted by
- went against
- went up against
- were confronted by
- wert confronted by
• feel
- am affected
- am aware of
- am excited
- am impressed
- am sensible of
- am sensitive
- am turned on to
- am turned to
- are affected
- are aware of
- are excited
- are impressed
- are sensible of
- are sensitive
- are turned on to
- are turned to
- art affected
- art aware of
- art impressed
- art sensible of
- art sensitive
- art turned on to
- art turned to
- be turned to
- being affected
- being excited
- being impressed
- being sensible of
- being sensitive
- being turned on to
- being turned to
- dis cern
- dis-cern
- gat in touch
- gat touch
- gat vibes
- get touch
- gets in touch
- gets touch
- gets vibes
- getting in touch
- getting touch
- getting vibes
- got touch
- got vibes
- gotten in touch
- gotten touch
- gotten vibes
- had a hunch
- had funny feeling
- had hunch
- had vibes
- haddest a hunch
- haddest funny feeling
- haddest hunch
- haddest vibes
- hadst a hunch
- hadst funny feeling
- hadst hunch
- hadst vibes
- has funny feeling
- has hunch
- has vibes
- hast a hunch
- hast funny feeling
- hast hunch
- hast vibes
- hath a hunch
- hath funny feeling
- hath hunch
- hath vibes
- having a hunch
- having funny feeling
- having hunch
- having vibes
- is affected
- is aware of
- is excited
- is impressed
- is sensible of
- is sensitive
- is turned on to
- is turned to
- re mark
- re marked
- re marking
- re marks
- re-marked
- re-marking
- re-marks
- takes heart
- takes to heart
- taking heart
- taking to heart
- took heart
- took to heart
- under stand
- under standing
- under stands
- under stood
- under-standing
- under-stands
- under-stood
- was affected
- was excited
- was impressed
- was sensible of
- was sensitive
- was turned on to
- was turned to
- wast affected
- wast aware of
- wast excited
- wast impressed
- wast sensible of
- wast sensitive
- wast turned on to
- wast turned to
- were affected
- were aware of
- were excited
- were impressed
- were sensible of
- were sensitive
- were turned on to
- were turned to
- wert affected
- wert aware of
- wert excited
- wert impressed
- wert sensible of
- wert sensitive
- wert turned on to
- wert turned to
• go
- consenting to
- consents to
• grieve
- ate heart out
- ate one heart out
- ate one's heart out
- ate ones heart out
- be moan
- be moaned
- be moaning
- be moans
- be wail
- be wailed
- be wailing
- be wails
- be-moan
- be-moaned
- be-moaning
- be-moans
- be-wail
- be-wailed
- be-wailing
- be-wails
- cried a river
- cried river
- cries a river
- cries river
- cry river
- crying a river
- crying river
- eat one heart out
- eat ones heart out
- eating heart out
- eating one heart out
- eating one's heart out
- eating ones heart out
- eats heart out
- eats one heart out
- eats one's heart out
- eats ones heart out
- hanged crepe
- hanging crepe
- hangs crepe
- hung crepe
- sang blues
- sang the blues
- sing blues
- singing blues
- sings blues
- sings the blues
- sung blues
- sung the blues
- take hard
- takes hard
- takes it hard
- taking hard
- taking it hard
- took hard
- took it hard
• hang tough
- gut out
- guts it out
- guts out
- gutted it out
- gutted out
- gutting it out
- gutting out
- stick there
- sticked in there
- sticked there
- sticking in there
- sticking there
- sticks in there
- sticks there
- stuck in there
- stuck there
- toughed it out
- toughed out
- toughing it out
- toughing out
- toughs it out
- toughs out
• have
- am compelled to
- am duty to
- am one duty to
- am one's duty to
- am ones duty to
- am to
- am up to
- are compelled to
- are duty to
- are forced to
- are one duty to
- are one's duty to
- are ones duty to
- are to
- are up to
- art compelled to
- art forced to
- art one's duty to
- art ones duty to
- art to
- art up to
- be came
- be come
- be comes
- be duty to
- be one duty to
- be ones duty to
- be to
- be-came
- be-come
- be-comes
- be-coming
- being compelled to
- being duty to
- being forced to
- being one duty to
- being one's duty to
- being ones duty to
- being to
- being up to
- falling on
- falls on
- is compelled to
- is duty to
- is forced to
- is one duty to
- is one's duty to
- is ones duty to
- is to
- is up to
- rested with
- rests with
- shoulds
- was compelled to
- was duty to
- was forced to
- was one duty to
- was one's duty to
- was ones duty to
- was to
- was up to
- wast compelled to
- wast duty to
- wast forced to
- wast one duty to
- wast one's duty to
- wast ones duty to
- wast to
- wast up to
- were compelled to
- were duty to
- were forced to
- were one duty to
- were one's duty to
- were ones duty to
- were to
- were up to
- wert compelled to
- wert duty to
- wert forced to
- wert one duty to
- wert one's duty to
- wert ones duty to
- wert to
- wert up to
• hold out
- held on
- holding on
• languish
- am disregarded
- am neglected
- are disregarded
- art neglected
- being disregarded
- being neglected
- conking out
- conks out
- de sire
- de sired
- de sires
- de siring
- de-sire
- de-sired
- de-sires
- de-siring
- die vine
- died on vine
- died vine
- dieing on vine
- dieing vine
- dies on vine
- dies vine
- dying on vine
- dying vine
- fagging out
- fags out
- fizzled out
- fizzles out
- fizzling out
- go pieces
- goes soft
- going soft
- is disregarded
- is neglected
- on vine
- re pine
- re pined
- re pines
- re pining
- re-pine
- re-pined
- re-pines
- re-pining
- was disregarded
- was neglected
- wast disregarded
- wast neglected
- wastes away
- went soft
- were disregarded
- were neglected
- wert disregarded
- wert neglected
• leave
- lays down
- leaved behind
- leaves behind
- lets be
- lets continue
- lets stay
- letted be
- letted continue
- letted go
- letted stay
- letting be
- letting continue
- letting stay
- mis laid
- mis lay
- mis laying
- mis lays
- mis-laid
- mis-lay
- mis-laying
- mis-lays
• let
- gave okay
- gives okay
- giving okay
• lose
- am careless
- am impoverished
- am reduced
- are careless
- are impoverished
- are reduced
- art careless
- art impoverished
- art reduced
- be reave
- be reaved
- be reaves
- be reaving
- be reft
- be-reave
- be-reaved
- be-reaves
- be-reaving
- be-reft
- became poorer
- becomes poorer
- becoming poorer
- being careless
- being impoverished
- being reduced
- de fault
- de faulted
- de faulting
- de faults
- de-fault
- de-faulted
- de-faulting
- de-faults
- dis inherit
- dis inherited
- dis inheriting
- dis inherits
- dis place
- dis placed
- dis places
- dis placing
- dis possess
- dis possessed
- dis possesses
- dis possessing
- dis-inherit
- dis-inherited
- dis-inheriting
- dis-inherits
- dis-place
- dis-placed
- dis-places
- dis-placing
- dis-possess
- dis-possessed
- dis-possesses
- dis-possessing
- ex pend
- ex pended
- ex pending
- ex pends
- ex-pend
- ex-pended
- ex-pending
- ex-pends
- fail keep
- failed keep
- failed to keep
- failing keep
- failing to keep
- fails keep
- falls short
- fell short
- is careless
- is impoverished
- is reduced
- mis place
- mis placed
- mis places
- mis placing
- mis spend
- mis spending
- mis spends
- mis spent
- mis-place
- mis-places
- mis-placing
- mis-spend
- mis-spending
- mis-spends
- mis-spent
- passes up
- passing up
- suffered loss
- suffers loss
- sur rendered
- sur rendering
- sur renders
- sur-render
- sur-rendered
- sur-rendering
- sur-renders
- uses up
- was careless
- was impoverished
- was reduced
- wast careless
- wast impoverished
- wast reduced
- were careless
- were impoverished
- were reduced
- wert careless
- wert impoverished
- wert reduced
• mourn
- am brokenhearted
- am sad
- are brokenhearted
- are sad
- art brokenhearted
- art sad
- being brokenhearted
- being sad
- is brokenhearted
- is sad
- longed for
- was brokenhearted
- was sad
- wast brokenhearted
- wast sad
- wearing black
- wears black
- were brokenhearted
- were sad
- wert brokenhearted
- wert sad
- wore black
- wringing hands
- wrings hands
- wrung hands
• pain
- cramp
- crick
- sore
- stitch
- throe
- wrench
Other synonyms:

•

land

•

burn
plunge into

•

pick up
submit

•

know
taste

•

feel

•

plunge

Other relevant words:

• abide

• authorize

license

• bleed

• brave

• cope

• endure

• feel

Re-mark
be affected
be aware of
be excited
be impressed
be sensible of
be sensitive
be turned on to
being aware of
feels
get in touch
get vibes
got in touch
has a hunch
have a hunch
have funny feeling
have hunch
have vibes
take heart
take to heart
tasting
was aware of

• go through

going through

• hold out

hold on
holds on

• languish

• leave

• lose

• pain

• pay

• permit

• put-up

put up

• receive

received

• relapse

• resist

• see

• slave

sweat blood

• support

supporting
sweating out

• sweat

be on pins and needles
be on tenterhooks
lose sleep over
work hard
working hard

• take

• writhe

• Other relevant words (adjective):

feeling
health

• Other relevant words (noun):

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

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Equivalence
- Proper noun, singular
  suffering, suffers.
Independent
- Proper noun, singular
  Experiencing, Has.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  affect, afflict, are, bear, encounter, endure, exist, experience, feel, harm, have, hurt, lose, owing, receive, result, Undertaken.
- Verb, base form
  affect, be, bear, deteriorate, encounter, endure, exist, experience, feel, harm, have, hurt, impair, inflict, lose, plague, receive, result, shoulder, survive, sustain, tolerate, withstand, wound.
Other Related
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  incur, undergo.
- Verb, base form
  incur, misery, undergo.

What are the hypernyms for Suffer?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for suffer (as verbs)
- body
  choke, starve, break up, have, swelter, crack, crock up, cramp, collapse, freeze, strangle, crack up, famish, ail, hunger, break down, suffocate, gag.
- emotion
  agonize, agonise, sorrow, grieve, anguish, lose.
- perception
  tolerate, die.

What are the hyponyms for Suffer?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for suffer (as verbs)
- body
  experience, be, receive, get, have.
- change
  worsen, decline.
- emotion
  feel, experience.
- perception
  go through, see, experience.
- stative
  incline, be given, tend, lean, run.

What are the opposite words for suffer?

Suffer is a verb that describes experiencing pain, distress or hardship. Its antonyms are words that express the opposite meaning. Words that can be used as antonyms for suffer include enjoy, thrive, prosper, flourish, delight, revel, and relish. These words convey a sense of pleasure, comfort and well-being, thereby opposing the connotations of pain and hardship associated with suffering. Other antonyms include endure, bear, withstand, tolerate and persevere, which convey the sense of surviving and standing up to hardship or difficulty. When used in sentences or phrases, these words provide context to the opposite but complementary meanings to the verb "suffer.

What are the antonyms for Suffer?

v.
• abide
- despise
- dispute
- pass
- quit
- resist
- shun
• accept
- demur
• admit
- debar
- deny
- dismiss
- eject
- exclude
- expel
- oust
- repel
- shut
• allow
- disapprove
- forbid
- prohibit
- protest
- withstand
• be in pain
- assuage
- calm
- please
- rise
- soothe
- strengthen
- surrender
- yield
• bear
- avoid
- dodge
- evade
• body
- be well
• endure, permit
- abstain
- disagree
- discontinue
- dissent
- give
- hide
- hold
- keep
- let go
- misunderstand
- neglect
- offer
- oppose
- prevent
- stop
- veto
- withhold
• noun
- assure
- ban
- bar
- beam
- block
- censure
- check
- cheer
- comfort
- commiserate
- console
- constrain
- crow
- curb
- delight
- deplore
- deter
- discountenance
- discourage
- disfavor
- dislike
- exult
- frown
- frustrate
- glory
- grudge
- hinder
- hold back
- impede
- interfere
- joy
- laugh
- obstruct
- ravish
- reassure
- refuse
- reject
- rejoice
- repress
- restrain
- revoke
- solace
- suppress
- sympathize
- triumph
• perception
- enjoy
• suffer
- aid
- alleviate
- assist
- disallow
- fight
- help
- relieve
Other relevant words:

enjoin
inhibit

Usage examples for Suffer

Nevertheless he had to suffer for his error.

"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"

G. A. Chadwick

Did she suffer much?

"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"

Alexander Irvine

I don't want him to suffer as I suffered.

"The Eye of Dread"

Payne Erskine

Famous quotes with Suffer

Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.

Jack Henry Abbott
No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.

Alfred Adler
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Aeschylus
The man who does ill must suffer ill.

Aeschylus
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

Aesop

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n.

v.

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