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Antonyms for endurance
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : en-doo r-uh ns, -dyoo r- |
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈdʊər əns, -ˈdyʊər- |
Definition of endurance
Origin :- late 15c., "continued existence in time;" see endure + -ance. Meaning "ability to endure suffering, etc." is from 1660s.
- noun bearing hardship; staying power
- noun continuity, lastingness
- I didn't mean it, but things are getting beyond my endurance.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- The endurance of the human frame is something marvelous, when you come to think of it.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- By this time his audience had become too large and friendly for his endurance.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Celerity, valor, endurance, they were his iridescent neck and tail feathers.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- All of a sudden, his patience, endurance, pluck seemed to give out.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- But reasoning on it did not help her—only silence and endurance.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- It is a marvellous story they have to tell of endurance, heroism, and victory.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 » by Various
- She did not, however, inherit the latter's animal devotion and endurance.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- The qualifications for (s)election were willingness, obedience, fidelity, endurance.
- Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
- I never imagined that I could have met with a man such as he is in wisdom and endurance.
- Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
Synonyms for endurance
- ability
- allowance
- backbone
- bearing
- capacity
- continuance
- continuation
- continuing
- cool
- coolness
- courage
- durability
- duration
- enduring
- forebearance
- fortitude
- grit
- guts
- gutsiness
- heart
- holding up
- immutability
- intestinal fortitude
- longevity
- mettle
- moxie
- patience
- permanence
- perseverance
- persistence
- pertinacity
- pluck
- resignation
- resistance
- resolution
- restraint
- spunk
- stability
- stamina
- standing
- starch
- strength
- submission
- sufferance
- suffering
- tenacity
- tolerance
- toleration
- undergoing
- vitality
- will
- withstanding
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