endured
Stuck it out
Endured is the past tense of endure, meaning to bear something difficult or painful over time.
What is endured is typically unpleasant—hardship, suffering, criticism, boredom: She endured years of chronic pain.
The word suggests persistence through adversity rather than passive suffering.
Something that has endured has lasted or survived: Their friendship endured despite the distance.
Continued despite difficulty
- withstoodSuccessfully opposed or survived
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- outlastedPersisted beyond another
- prevailedProved stronger ultimately
fortitude · tenacity · grit · stamina · determination · toughness · hardiness · persistence
Past participle of carry
- absorbedTook in fully
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- withstoodSuccessfully opposed or survived
- sustainedKept up continuously
swallowed · stomached · brooked · shouldered · weathered · permitted · suffered · allowed
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- painBodily or emotional distress
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- anguishIntense mental suffering
adversity · ordeal · trauma · affliction · misery · distress · grief · tribulation
Patient self-control, delayed enforcement
- tolerationPermitting what one dislikes
- composureEmotional self-control
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
self-control · restraint · calmness · acceptance · resignation · long-suffering · waiting · serenity
persevered
Continued despite difficulty
- withstoodSuccessfully opposed or survived
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- outlastedPersisted beyond another
prevailed · fortitude · tenacity · grit · stamina · determination · toughness · hardiness · persistence · steadfastness
borne
Past participle of carry
sustained · swallowed · stomached · brooked · shouldered · weathered · permitted · suffered · allowed · put up with
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- painBodily or emotional distress
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
anguish · adversity · ordeal · trauma · affliction · misery · distress · grief · tribulation · privation
forbearance
Patient self-control, delayed enforcement
- tolerationPermitting what one dislikes
- composureEmotional self-control
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
stoicism · self-control · restraint · calmness · acceptance · resignation · long-suffering · waiting · serenity · poise
lasting
Continuing through time
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- perennialRecurring each year
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
centuries · generations · decades · millennia · ages · ancient · eternal · abiding · surviving · standing
- pressed onpressed on, pushed on, persisted, persevered, continued
- enduredsurvived, weathered, withstood, tolerated, suffered
- kept goingcontinued, lasted, persisted, carried on, kept going
- took onassumed, undertook, undertaken, tackled, shouldered
enduredquit
Cease doing something
gave up · succumbed · surrendered · collapsed · yielded
- endurance testMeasure of lasting ability
- cardiovascular enduranceHeart's sustained work capacity
- endurance trainingExercise to sustain prolonged effort
- endurance raceContest testing prolonged exertion
- endurance sport
- endurance runningProlonged foot-powered athletic competition
endure, enduring, endurance, endures, endurable, endurer, endurances, endurers, endurability