Tools: Learn New Words | Secure Password Generator | Startup Tools | File Uploader | PDF Generator

Suffer (Verb)

Meaning 1

Feel pain or be in pain.

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

  • Hurt

Antonyms

  • Be Well

Hyponyms

  • Choke
  • Suffocate
  • Strangle
  • Hunger
  • Famish

Related Words

  • Sufferance (noun)
  • Sufferer (noun)
  • Suffering (noun)

Meaning 2

Be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Hypernyms

  • Lean
  • Be Given
  • Run
  • Incline

Meaning 3

Undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

  • Endure

Antonyms

  • Enjoy

Hypernyms

  • Go Through
  • See

Meaning 4

Undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

  • Meet

Hypernyms

  • Go Through
  • See

Meaning 5

Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

  • Sustain
  • Get
  • Have

Hypernyms

  • Receive
  • Get
  • Have

Hyponyms

  • Crack
  • Crock Up
  • Collapse
  • Break Up

Related Words

  • Sufferer (noun)

Meaning 6

Be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"; "The painting loses something in this light".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Lose

Hypernyms

  • Decline

Meaning 7

Get worse; "His grades suffered".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Hypernyms

  • Decline

Meaning 8

Feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

  • Hurt
  • Ache

Hypernyms

  • Comprehend
  • Perceive

Hyponyms

  • Twinge
  • Kill
  • Prick
  • Catch
  • Get
  • Sting

Related Words

  • Sufferer (noun)
  • Suffering (noun)

Meaning 9

Experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers".

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Hypernyms

  • Experience

Hyponyms

  • Agonise
  • Sorrow

Related Words

  • Sufferer (noun)
  • Suffering (noun)

Meaning 10

Feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Meaning 11

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Synonyms

  • Abide
  • Stick Out
  • Put Up
  • Endure
  • Bear
  • Tolerate
  • Support
  • Brook
  • Stomach
  • Stand
  • Digest

Hypernyms

  • Allow
  • Permit
  • Countenance
  • Let

Hyponyms

  • Pay
  • Accept
  • Swallow
  • Sit Out
  • Bear Up
  • Live With
  • Take Lying Down
  • Take A Joke
  • Stand For
  • Hold Still For

Related Words

  • Sufferance (noun)
  Copyright © 2026 Socielo Tech. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of use