endurance

Noun

Meaning

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fortitude resolution survival determination tolerance durability patience persistence resilience robustness constancy perseverance continuance hardiness stamina
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Antonyms

lack evanescence discontinuance escape finish mood
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Hypernyms

life living animation strength aliveness

Hyponyms

tolerance subsistence stamina toughness long-suffering sufferance

Phrases with the word

endurance run beyond endurance build your endurance test of endurance person lacking in physical endurance

Examples

Endurance is the queen of all virtues. John Chrysostom

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. Alfred Hitchcock

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. Frederick Douglass

Endurance pierces marble. Moroccan Proverb

To endure what is unendurable is true endurance. Japanese Proverb

Diligence is the vehicle on the paths of Mountains of Books; endurance is the vessel on the courses of the Seas of Learning. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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