- suffer
- v1. feel pain, ache, hurt, agonize; groan, moan, gasp; smart, twinge, convulse, writhe; sweat, bear the cross, wince, bleed; grieve, lament; droop, languish, pine, despair; break down, give way.2. undergo, endure, experience, sustain, bear, go through, pass through; encounter, live out, meet with, taste, fare; support, weather, forbear, Chiefly Scot. thole, Scot, and North Eng. dree; take it, brave it out, Inf. tough it out, Inf. stick it out, Sl. sweat it out, Inf. go through the mill, Inf. take it on the chin; Inf. hang in, Inf. keep the faith, keep one's chin up, Sl. stand the gaff; take one's punishment, reap the whirlwind.3. tolerate, withstand, take patiently, brook, submit to, abide, stand, put up with; swallow, digest, stomach, pocket.4. let, permit, admit, allow; concede, vouchsafe, accord, oblige, acquiesce; grant, privilege, authorize, sanction; empower, give license to, give leave to; favor, humor, indulge, connive at, wink at, close the eyes to, stretch a point.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.