Synonyms of bear in English:

bear

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See Spanish definition of aguantar

verb

1‘Bill arrived, bearing a large picnic hamper’

SYNONYMS

carry, bring, transport, move, convey, take, fetch, haul, lug, shift

deliver

informal tote

2‘the letter bore the signature of a local councillor’

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display, exhibit, show, present, set forth, be marked with, carry, have

3‘the track has horizontal concrete slabs, which bear the weight of the vehicle’

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support, carry, hold up, prop up, keep up, bolster up

brace, shore up, underpin, buttress, reinforce

4‘ratepayers will have to bear the cost of such a move’

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sustain, carry, support, shoulder, uphold, absorb, take on

5‘the drugs had been planted by someone who bore a grudge against him’

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harbour, foster, entertain, cherish, nurse, nurture, brood over, possess, have, hold, hold on to, cling to, maintain, retain

6‘such a solution does not bear close scrutiny’

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withstand, stand up to, stand, put up with, take, cope with, handle, resist, sustain, absorb, accept

7‘I'm not sure how much longer I can bear the pain’

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endure, tolerate, put up with, stand, suffer, abide, submit to, experience, undergo, go through, countenance, brook, brave, weather, support

informal stick, stomach, swallow

8‘I can't bear being dependent on other people’

SYNONYMS

tolerate, stand, put up with, stomach, swallow, brook, undergo, accept, approve of, endorse, allow, admit, permit

Scottish thole

informal stick, hack, abide

British informal wear, be doing with

archaic suffer

9‘at seventeen she bore his daughter’

SYNONYMS

give birth to, bring forth, deliver, be delivered of, have, mother, create, produce, spawn

conceive

breed, procreate, reproduce

North American birth

informal drop

literary beget

archaic engender, be brought to bed of

10‘the radio bore the news of a policeman shot in Belfast’

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communicate, carry, spread, disclose, tell, disseminate, circulate, diffuse, pass on, make public, make known

transmit, broadcast, publish

11‘a squash that bears fruit shaped like cucumbers’

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produce, yield, give forth, give, provide, supply, generate, afford, furnish, bestow

12‘you drive to the end of the street, bear left, and go into the car park’

SYNONYMS

veer, curve, swerve, incline, turn, fork, diverge, deviate, bend

go, move

Sailing tack, sheer

Phrases

bear fruit

‘plans for power-sharing may be about to bear fruit’

SYNONYMS

yield results, get results, succeed, meet with success, be successful, be effective, be profitable, work, go as planned

informal pay off, come off, pan out, do the trick, do the business

ANTONYMS

come to nothing

bear something out

‘he has conducted experiments that bear out these ideas’

SYNONYMS

confirm, corroborate, substantiate, endorse, vindicate, give credence to, support, ratify, warrant, uphold, justify, prove, authenticate, verify

ANTONYMS

contradict, falsify

bear up

‘she looks fantastic and is bearing up remarkably well’

SYNONYMS

cope, persevere, manage, endure

muddle along, muddle through, get through, get on, carry on, get along, deal with the situation

grin and bear it, weather the storm

informal make out, get by, hack it

ANTONYMS

go to pieces

bear oneself

‘she bore herself like a queen as she slowly descended the stairs’

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conduct oneself, carry oneself, acquit oneself, act, behave, perform

rare comport oneself, deport oneself

bear on

‘there is a long cultural history which bears on the way these writers express themselves’

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be relevant to, appertain to, pertain to, relate to, have a bearing on, have relevance to, apply to, be pertinent to, have reference to, concern, be concerned with, have to do with, be connected with

ANTONYMS

be irrelevant to

bear witness to

‘the great cathedrals bore witness to a towering vision of transcendence’

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testify to, be evidence of, be proof of, attest to, confirm, evidence, prove, vouch for

demonstrate, show, establish, indicate, reveal, bespeak

bear down on

‘at a canter they bore down on the mass of men ahead’

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advance on, close in on, move in on, converge on, approach, come close to, come closer to, move close to, move closer to, draw near to, draw nearer to, press on towards

attack, set upon, fall upon, assail, let fly at, tear into

British informal set about

ANTONYMS

retreat from, move away from

bear something in mind

‘it is important to bear in mind that different countries have different regimes’

SYNONYMS

take into account, be mindful, remember, consider, mind, mark, heed, take into consideration, not forget

respect, have regard to, pay regard to, make allowances for, be guided by

ANTONYMS

forget, ignore

bear with