bide

Meaning

1. To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
2. To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.
3. To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
4. To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
5. To wait for; to await.

Synonyms

abide

wait

await

stay

sojourn

endure

linger

tolerate

stay for

live

pause

put up with

remain

reside

stay at

stomach

support

tarry

vegetate

wait for

wait on

watch

⌚

linger over

remain in expectation

bear

🐻

brook

connive at

contemplate

do with

dwell

dwell on

inhabit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baɪd/

Etymology

From Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan (“to stay, continue, live, remain, delay; wait for, await, expect; endure, experience, find; attain, obtain; own”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan (“to wait”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti, from *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, persuade, compel, trust”). Latinate cognates (via PIE) include faith and fidelity.