endure

endure is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
2. intransitive verb. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
3. transitive verb. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.
4. transitive verb. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
5. transitive verb. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy.
6. verb. put up with something or somebody unpleasant

   "I cannot bear his constant criticism"

   "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"

   Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, stand, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate

7. verb. undergo or be subjected to

   "He suffered the penalty"

   "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

   Synonyms: suffer

8. verb. continue to live through hardship or adversity

   "We went without water and food for 3 days"

   "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"

   Synonyms: go, last, live, survive

9. verb. continue to exist

   "These stories die hard"

   "The legend of Elvis endures"

   Synonyms: persist, prevail, run

10. verb. persist for a specified period of time

    "The bad weather lasted for three days"

    Synonyms: last

11. verb. last and be usable

    "This dress wore well for almost ten years"

    Synonyms: wear

12. verb. face and withstand with courage

    "She braved the elements"

    Synonyms: brave, weather

Synonyms

abide, bear, brook, digest, stand, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate, go, last, live, survive, persist, prevail, run, wear, brave, weather

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in endure:

durene, enured

Common word forms

endured, endurer, endures, enduring

Words from these letters

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