WordWeb Online

1. Unceasing
   "an enduring belief"
   - abiding, imperishable
    
2. Patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble
   "an enduring disposition"
   - long-suffering

1. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"
   - digest, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
    
2. Face and withstand with courage
   "She endured the elements"
   - weather, brave, brave out
    
3. Continue to live through hardship or adversity
   "These superstitions endure in the backwaters of America"
   - survive, last, live, live on, go, hold up, hold out
    
4. Undergo or be subjected to
   "He endured the penalty"
   - suffer
    
5. Last and be usable
   "This dress endured well for almost ten years"
   - wear, hold out
    
6. Persist for a specified period of time
   "The bad weather endured for three days"
   - last
    
7. Continue to exist
   "The legend of Elvis endures"
   - prevail, persist, die hard, run

See also: endurance, enduringly, enduringness, lasting, patient, permanent

Type of: allow, continue, countenance, defy, experience, go through, hold, hold up, let, measure, permit, see, withstand

Encyclopedia: Endure