standing for
phrase
1
as in permitting
to give permission for or to approve of They would not stand for their children missing curfew. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- permitting
- allowing
- having
- suffering
- tolerating
- consenting (to)
- assenting (to)
- acceding (to)
- agreeing (to)
- licensing
- admitting
- green-lighting
- authorizing
- commissioning
- according
- acquiescing
- granting
- conceding
- sanctioning
- OK'ing
- enduring
- licencing
- okaying
- vouchsafing
- warranting
- condoning
- brooking
- supporting
- countenancing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- prohibiting
- forbidding
- banning
- frowning (at or on)
- enjoining
- proscribing
- vetoing
- denying
- impeding
- obstructing
- withholding
- refusing
- hindering
- rejecting
- revoking
- suppressing
- disapproving
- checking
- censuring
- keeping
- restraining
- curbing
- grudging
- deploring
- disliking
- interdicting
- repressing
- disallowing
- discountenancing
- disfavoring
2
as in standing
to put up with (something painful or difficult) The nanny did not stand for whining from the children. Synonyms & Similar Words
- standing
- handling
- enduring
- tolerating
- living with
- accepting
- sticking out
- sweating out
- taking
- toughing it out
- bearing
- sustaining
- lumping (it)
- meeting
- absorbing
- abiding
- swallowing
- supporting
- wearing
- hacking
- stomaching
- brooking
- countenancing
- pocketing
- going
- biding
- suffering
- reconciling (to)
- permitting
- allowing
- consenting (to)
- yielding (to)
- submitting (to)
- assenting (to)
- agreeing (with or to)
- respecting
- acquiescing
- capitulating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- turning down
- refusing
- rejecting
- dismissing
- declining
- opposing
- fighting
- resisting
- repudiating
- combating
- avoiding
- missing
- escaping
- contesting
- combatting
- evading
- spurning
- bypassing
- eluding
- dodging
- circumventing
- refraining (from)
- abstaining (from)
- forbearing
3
as in representing
to serve as a material counterpart of He got a tattoo that stood for his love of fishing. Synonyms & Similar Words
- representing
- symbolizing
- emblematizing
- embodying
- illustrating
- exemplifying
- manifesting
- personalizing
- personifying
- incarnating
- objectifying
- bodying
- epitomizing
- materializing