Antonyms for stand up
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : stand-uhp |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstændˌʌp |
- abandon
- aid
- allow
- assist
- break
- calm
- cancel
- cease
- cheer
- clear up
- compel
- comply
- conceal
- conclude
- condemn
- confuse
- contradict
- cooperate
- corrupt
- decline
- decrease
- delight
- demolish
- demote
- denounce
- deny
- depart
- depress
- descend
- desert
- destroy
- die
- diminish
- dirty
- disarrange
- disbelieve
- discontinue
- discredit
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- disorder
- disorganize
- disperse
- disprove
- disreputable
- disrobe
- distress
- divide
- drop
- encourage
- end
- evil
- excite
- explain
- fail
- fall
- fallen
- false
- finish
- force
- forsake
- forward
- fraudulent
- freshen
- give in
- give up
- go
- go along
- halt
- help
- hide
- horizontal
- hurt
- ignore
- illegal
- illegitimate
- immoral
- imprecise
- improper
- inaccurate
- inadmissible
- inappropriate
- inequitable
- insane
- invalid
- invalidate
- leave
- left
- lessen
- let go
- level
- lower
- lull
- lying
- mad
- make happy
- misbehaving
- neglect
- obligate
- permit
- please
- prevent
- prone
- quit
- raze
- rebuild
- recede
- reduce
- refresh
- refuse
- regress
- reject
- release
- repress
- ruin
- satisfy
- scatter
- separate
- sleep
- slump
- stop
- succeed
- suppress
- take back
- take off
- topple
- unacceptable
- unfair
- unfit
- unfitting
- unhealthy
- unjust
- unlawful
- unreal
- unrespected
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untrustworthy
- upset
- veto
- wrong
Definition of stand up
Origin :- Old English standan (class VI strong verb; past tense stod, past participle standen), from Proto-Germanic *sta-n-d- (cf. Old Norse standa, Old Saxon and Gothic standan, Old High German stantan, Swedish stå, Dutch staan, German stehen), from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
- Sense of "to exist, be present" is attested from c.1300. Meaning "to pay for as a treat" is from 1821. Phrase stands to reason (1620) is from earlier stands (is constant) with reason. Phrase stand pat is originally from poker (1882); stand down in the military sense of "go off duty" is first recorded 1916. Standing ovation attested by 1968; standing army is from c.1600.
- As in perpendicular : adj at right angles to
- As in right : adj fair, just
- As in upright : adj straight-up
- As in funnyman : noun joker
- As in raise : verb lift; build from the ground
- As in rise : verb get up; ascend
- As in survive : verb continue to live
- As in verify : verb confirm, validate
- As in volunteer : verb offer to do something
- As in wash : verb be convincing
- As in wear : verb endure
- As in pass muster : verb make the standard
- As in jack : verb raise
- As in prove out : verb wash
- As in upraise : verb erect
- As in uprear : verb erect
- As in cock : verb aim up toward
- As in disappoint : verb sadden, dismay; frustrate
- As in erect : verb build; establish
- As in hold : verb continue, endure
- S'pose you stand up there in the door with your back to the clearin'.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- If he sat down his legs were gathered, and he seemed about to stand up.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Two stand up to wrestle, and are on the point of coming to blows.
- Extract from : « Old Ticonderoga, A Picture of The Past » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- In all the stand up there, wit' their flounces and jewels, there isn't a lady like her.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- I'd like to hear Weary or anybody else stand up and tell me that I got bucked off.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- I told Arthur when he first come home to stand up against you.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- So he let it stand up stiffly behind him in the shape of a flagpole.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Stand up here, you Safety Scouts, and let's have a look at you.
- Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey
- I would not take the trouble to stand up in a quadrille, if I were in his place.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
- "Stand up close to the wall, out of the line of fire from the door," I whispered.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
Synonyms for stand up
- abort
- add up
- advance
- apply
- appropriate
- arise
- arouse
- aspire
- assemble
- attest
- authenticate
- awake
- baffle
- balk
- be acceptable
- be durable
- be erect
- be extant
- be in effect
- be in force
- be left
- be located
- be plausible
- be reasonable
- be situated
- be the case
- be valid
- bear
- bear out
- bear scrutiny
- bear up
- blast off
- bob up
- boost
- bring about
- bring forward
- bring to naught
- bring up
- bungle
- card
- carry on
- carry through
- carry weight
- cast down
- certify
- chagrin
- check
- check out
- check up
- check up on
- chip in
- circumvent
- climb
- clown
- cobble up
- cock
- cocked
- come forward
- come through
- come through with flying colors
- come to nothing
- come up
- come up to scratch
- come up to snuff
- comedian
- comic
- compose
- condign
- conscientious
- construct
- convince
- corroborate
- create
- cut it
- cut the mustard
- dash
- dash hopes
- debunk
- deceive
- delude
- demonstrate
- deserved
- disconcert
- disenchant
- disgruntle
- dishearten
- disillusion
- dissatisfy
- do credit to
- do on one's own volition
- document
- double-check
- due
- dumbfound
- effect
- elevate
- embitter
- end on
- end up
- endure
- enlist
- equitable
- erect
- establish
- ethical
- exalt
- exist
- eye
- eyeball
- fabricate
- fail
- fall down on
- fall flat
- fall short of
- farceur
- fashion
- fill the bill
- find favor with
- find out
- fit together
- fitting
- foil
- forge
- form
- found
- founder
- frame
- fudge together
- gagster
- get by
- get on
- get out of bed
- get steeper
- get through
- get to one's feet
- go all the way
- go in
- go the limit
- go uphill
- good
- grow
- hamper
- handle
- have bearing
- have foundation
- heave
- heighten
- hike
- hinder
- hoist
- hold
- hold good
- hold out
- hold true
- hold up
- hold water
- honest
- honorable
- horizontal
- humorist
- hump
- initiate
- institute
- jester
- join
- jokester
- jump
- justifiable
- justify
- keep
- keep afloat
- knock together
- last
- lawful
- leave in the lurch
- legal
- legitimate
- let down
- let oneself in for
- lever
- levitate
- lift
- lift up
- live
- live down
- live on
- live out
- live through
- make
- make a comeback
- make certain
- make it
- make sure
- make the cut
- make the grade
- make up
- manufacture
- measure up
- meet with approval
- merited
- miscarry
- mislead
- moral
- mount
- move up
- not show
- offer services
- on end
- operate
- organize
- outlast
- outlive
- outwear
- pan out
- pass
- pass inspection
- pass muster
- peg
- perk up
- perpendicular
- persevere
- persist
- pile
- pile out
- pitch
- place up
- plant
- plumb
- prefabricate
- present
- prick
- produce
- proffer
- promote
- proper
- propose
- prove
- prove acceptable
- pry
- pull out of it
- pull through
- pull up
- push up
- put at one's disposal
- put forward
- put on its end
- put out
- put together
- put up
- quipster
- raise
- raised
- reach up
- rear
- recommend itself
- recover
- remain
- remain alive
- remain true
- requisite
- resist
- revive
- ride out
- righteous
- rightful
- ring true
- rise and shine
- rise up
- rocket
- roll out
- rouse
- ruin prospects
- run up
- satisfy requirements
- scale
- scrupulous
- see through
- set up
- set upright
- settle
- shape
- sheer
- shove
- sign up
- sit up
- size
- size up
- slope upwards
- soar
- speak up
- sprout
- stack
- stand
- stand erect
- stand the test
- stand up
- stand-up
- stand-up comedian
- stand-up comic
- standing
- stay
- stay staunch
- steep
- step forward
- stick
- stick up
- straight
- straight-up
- straighten up
- submit oneself
- subsist
- substantiate
- suffer
- suffice
- suggest
- suitable
- support
- surface
- surge
- surmount
- sustain
- sweep upward
- take bull by the horns
- take initiative
- take the plunge
- take up
- take upon oneself
- tease
- tender
- test
- throw together
- throw up
- thwart
- torment
- tough it out
- tower
- true
- try
- turn out
- up
- upcast
- upended
- upheave
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- upright
- upspring
- upstanding
- upward
- vertical
- vex
- virtuous
- wag
- wear
- weather
- wisecracker
- wit
- withstand
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