suffer - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

feel pain or be in pain

Synonyms

• hurt
• suffer

More generic

• be

Opposite / Antonyms

• be well

More specific

• ail
• choke
• famish
• gag
• have
• hunger
• starve
• strangle
• suffocate

Verb

undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

Synonyms

• get
• have
• suffer
• sustain

More generic

• experience
• get
• have
• receive

More specific

• break down
• break up
• collapse
• crack
• crack up
• cramp
• crock up

Related

• have

Verb

feel unwell or uncomfortable

Synonyms

• suffer

More generic

• be

More specific

• freeze
• swelter

Verb

get worse

Synonyms

• suffer

More generic

• decline
• worsen

Related

• lose
• suffer

Verb

be set at a disadvantage

Synonyms

• lose
• suffer

More generic

• decline
• worsen

Related

• suffer

Verb

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Synonyms

• abide
• bear
• brook
• digest
• endure
• put up
• stand
• stick out
• stomach
• suffer
• support
• tolerate

More generic

• allow
• countenance
• let
• permit

More specific

• accept
• bear up
• hold still for
• live with
• pay
• sit out
• stand for
• swallow
• take a joke
• take lying down

Related

• suffer

Verb

experience (emotional) pain

Synonyms

• suffer

More generic

• experience
• feel

More specific

• agonise
• agonize
• anguish
• grieve
• lose
• sorrow

Related

• abide
• bear
• brook
• digest
• endure
• put up
• stand
• stick out
• stomach
• suffer
• support
• tolerate

Verb

undergo or be subjected to

Synonyms

• endure
• suffer

More generic

• experience
• go through
• see

Opposite / Antonyms

• enjoy

More specific

• die
• tolerate

Verb

undergo or suffer

Synonyms

• meet
• suffer

More generic

• experience
• go through
• see

Verb

feel physical pain

Synonyms

• ache
• hurt
• suffer

More generic

• comprehend
• perceive

More specific

• catch
• get
• kill
• prick
• sting
• twinge

Verb

be given to

Synonyms

• suffer

More generic

• be given
• incline
• lean
• run
• tend

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