A support or foundation.

synoniemen: base, pedestal.

Roget 215: support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib^†; point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, locus standi [Lat.]; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor etc. (basement) 211.    supporter; aid etc. 707; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment^†; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit^†, outrigger; ratlings^†.    staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle^†; bourdon^†, cowlstaff^†, lathi^†, mahlstick^†.    post, pillar, shaft, thill^†, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle^†, zocle^†; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb.    frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis^†, trave^†, corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion^†; crown post, king post; vertebra.    columella^†, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay.    trunnion, pivot, rowlock^†; peg etc. (pendency) 214^†; tiebeam etc. (fastening) 45; thole pin^†.    board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet^†, trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece [Fr.], mantleshelf^†; slab, console; counter, dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch; horse; easel, desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy^†.    seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud^†; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil [Fr.], woolsack^†, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo^†, faldstool^†, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki^†, lamba kursi^†; saddle, pannel^†, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel.    bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed^†, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang^†; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse^†; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion.    footstool, hassock; tabouret^†; tripod, monopod.    Atlas, Persides, Atlantes^†, Caryatides, Hercules.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 71: term, rank, station, stage, step; degree etc. 26; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 719: resistance, stand, front, oppugnation^†; oppugnancy^†; opposition etc. 708; renitence^†, renitency; reluctation^†, recalcitration^†; kicking etc. v.. repulse, rebuff.    insurrection etc. (disobedience) 742; strike; turn out, lock out, barring out; levee en masse [Fr.], Jacquerie; riot etc. (disorder) 59.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 737b: politics; political science; candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering; partisanship, ideology, factionalism.    election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, recall, initiative, voice, suffrage, plumper, cumulative vote, plebiscitum [Lat.], plebiscite, vox populi; electioneering; voting etc. v.; elective franchise; straight ticket [U.S.]; opinion poll, popularity poll.    issue; opinion, stand, position; program, platform; party line.    [ideologies] democracy, republicanism; communism, statism, state socialism; socialism; conservatism, toryism; liberalism, whigism; theocracy; constitutional monarchy.    [political parties] party etc. 712; [U.S: Political parties list], Democratic Party, Republican Party, Socialist Party; Communist Party; [U.S. defunct parties: list], Federalist Party, Bull Moose Party, Abolitionist Party; [Germany: list], Christian Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party; National Socialist Worker's Party; [Germany, 1930-1945], Nazi Party; [Great Britain:list], Liberal Party, Labor Party, Conservative Party.    ticket, slate.    [person active in politics] politician activist; [specific politicians: list], candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front-runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in; supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker; lobbyist, contributor; party hack, ward heeler; regional candidate, favorite son; running mate, stalking horse; perpetual candidate, political animal.    political contribution, campaign contribution; political action committee, PAC.    political district, electoral division, electoral district, bailiwick.    electorate, constituents.    get-out-the-vote campaign, political education.    negative campaigning, dirty politics, smear campaign.    [unsuccessful candidate] also-ran, loser; has-been.    [successful candidate] office holder, official, occupant of a position; public servant, incumbent; winner.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: basement, piëdestal, postament, sokkel, standaard, stander, voetstuk
Pools: podstawa

The position where a thing or person stands.

A growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area.

Pools: drzewostan

A small table for holding articles of various kinds.

A support for displaying various articles.

synoniem: rack.

Nederlands: stellage, stelling
Pools: stojak

An interruption of normal activity.

synoniemen: standstill, tie-up.

Roget 704: difficulty; hardness etc. adj.; impracticability etc. (impossibility) 471; tough work, hard work, uphill work; hard task, Herculean task, Augean task^†; task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor, tough job, teaser, rasper^†, dead lift.    dilemma, embarrassment; deadlock; perplexity etc. (uncertainty) 475; intricacy; entanglement, complexity etc. 59; cross fire; awkwardness, delicacy, ticklish card to play, knot, Gordian knot, dignus vindice nodus [Lat.], net, meshes, maze; coil etc. (convolution) 248; crooked path; involvement.    nice point, delicate point, subtle point, knotty point; vexed question, vexata quaestio [Lat.], poser; puzzle etc. (riddle) 533; paradox; hard nut to crack, nut to crack; bone to pick, crux, pons asinorum [Lat.], where the shoe pinches.    nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt; critical situation, crisis; trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble.    scrape, hobble, slough, quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest; sea of troubles, peck of troubles; pretty kettle of fish; pickle, stew, imbroglio, mess, ado; false position.    set fast, stand, standstill; deadlock, dead set.    fix, horns of a dilemma, cul de sac [Fr.]; hitch; stumbling block etc. (hindrance) 706.    [difficult person] crab; curmudgeon.    ... meer laten zien

A mental position from which things are viewed.

synoniemen: point of view, standpoint, viewpoint.

Nederlands: standpunt, beschouwing, blik, gezichtshoek, gezichtspunt, invalshoek, kijk, oogpunt, optiek, visie, zienswijs, zienswijze ... meer laten zien
Pools: punkt widzenia, perspektywa, spojrzenie, optyka

A booth where articles are displayed for sale.

synoniemen: sales booth, stall.

Roget 799: mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse; Tattersall's.    stall, booth, stand, newsstand; cart, wagon.    wharf; office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau; counter, compter [Fr.].    shop, emporium, establishment; store etc. 636; department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store [U.S.], grindery warehouse^†.    [food stores: list] grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store.    [specialized stores: list] tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's [Brit.], florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer.    mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall; shopping street.    surplus store, army-navy surplus store.    [locations where used articles are sold] auction; flea market; yard sale, garage sale; pawn shop; antiques store; second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop.    warehouse, wareroom^†; depot, interposit^†, entrepot [Fr.].    market-overt.    real-estate broker.    vending machine.    ... meer laten zien

A stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance.

Nederlands: standplaats

Tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade).

Nederlands: tribune
Pools: trybuna

A platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air.

synoniemen: bandstand, outdoor stage.

Nederlands: muziektent

A defensive effort.

Be standing; be upright:
— We had to stand for the entire performance!.

synoniem: stand up.

Roget 893: be secluded, live secluded etc. adj.; keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background; keep snug; shut oneself up; deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux [Fr.]; retire, retire from the world; take the veil; abandon etc. 624; sport one's oak [Slang].    cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round.    depopulate; dispeople^†, unpeople^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: stellen, de kat sturen, staan

Be in some specified state or condition.

Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically.

Hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright:
— I am standing my ground and won't give in!.

synoniem: remain firm.

Nederlands: doorstaan, rechtstaan, staan, standaard, verdragen

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.

synoniemen: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate ... meer laten zien.

Roget 1: exist, be; have being etc. n.; subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur etc. (event) 151; have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate.    consist in, lie in; be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by.    come into existence etc. n.; arise etc. (begin) 66; come forth etc. (appear) 446.    become etc. (be converted) 144; bring into existence etc. 161.    abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 110: last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years.    tarry etc. (be late) 133; drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain; protract, prolong; spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out; temporize; gain time, make time, talk against time.    outlast, outlive; survive; live to fight again.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 186: exist in space, be present etc. adj.; assister^†; make one of, make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself; show one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy; be there.    people; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode etc. (be located) 184; tenant.    resort to, frequent, haunt; revisit.    fill, pervade, permeate; be diffused, be disseminated, be through; over spread, overrun; run through; meet one at every turn.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 265: be quiescent etc. adj.; stand still, lie still; keep quiet, repose, hold the breath.    remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop etc. (discontinue) 142.    stagnate; quieta non movere [Lat.]; let alone; abide, rest and be thankful; keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed.    dwell etc. (be present) 186; settle etc. (be located) 184; alight etc. (arrive) 292; stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a stand etc. n.. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 821: feel; receive an impression etc. n.; be impressed with etc. adj.; entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling etc. n.. respond; catch the flame, catch the infection; enter the spirit of.    bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole [Scot.], aby^†; abide etc. (be composed) 826; experience etc. (meet with) 151; taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand.    swell, glow, warm, flush, blush, change color, mantle; turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face; tingle, thrill, heave, pant, throb, palpitate, go pitapat, tremble, quiver, flutter, twitter; shake etc. 315; be agitated, be excited etc. 824; look blue, look black; wince; draw a deep breath.    impress etc. (excite the feelings) 824.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 826: be composed etc. adj.. laisser faire [Fr.], laisser aller [Fr.]; take things easily, take things as they come; take it easy, rub on, live and let live; take easily, take cooly^†, take in good part; aequam servare mentem [Lat.].    bear the brunt, bear well; go through, support, endure, brave, disregard.    tolerate, suffer, stand, bide; abide, aby^†; bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with; acquiesce; submit etc. (yield) 725; submit with a good grace; resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to; brook, digest, eat, swallow, pocket, stomach.    make light of, make the best of, make 'a virtue of necessity'" [Chaucer]; put a good face on, keep one's countenance; check etc. 751; check oneself.    compose, appease etc. (moderate); 174; propitiate; repress etc. (restrain) 751; render insensible etc. 823; overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's excitability etc. 825; master one's feelings.    make oneself easy; make one's mind easy; set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at rest.    calm down, cool down; gentle; thaw, grow cool.    be borne, be endured; go down.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 141: let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet (copy editing) hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby^†, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: doormaken, doorstaan, dragen, dulden, gedogen, getroosten, harden, incasseren, kampen, velen, verdragen, verduren ... meer laten zien

Have or maintain a position or stand on an issue.

Nederlands: opstellen

Remain inactive or immobile.

Be in effect; be or remain in force.

Be tall; have a height of; copula.

Put into an upright position:
— Can you stand the bookshelf up?.

synoniemen: place upright, stand up.

Withstand the force of something:
— Stand the test of time.

synoniemen: fend, resist.

Roget 719: resist; not submit etc. 725; repugn^†, reluct, reluctate^†, withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm.    breast the wave, breast the current; stem the tide, stem the torrent; face, confront, grapple with; show a bold front etc. (courage) 861; present a front; make a stand, take one's stand.    kick, kick against; recalcitrate^†, kick against the pricks; oppose etc. 708; fly in the face of; lift the hand against etc. (attack) 716; rise up in arms etc. (war) 722; strike, turn out; draw up a round robin etc. (remonstrate) 932; revolt etc. (disobey) 742; make a riot.    prendre le mors aux dents [Fr.], take the bit between the teeth; sell one's life dearly, die hard, keep at bay; repel, repulse.    ... meer laten zien

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