Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb abide

2 senses of abide

Sense 1
bide, abide, stay -- (dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young")
       => stay, stay on, continue, remain -- (continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year")

Sense 2
digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up -- (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")
       => permit, allow, let, countenance -- (consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam")

Antonyms of adj abiding

1 sense of abiding

Sense 1
abiding, enduring, imperishable -- (unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths")

INDIRECT (VIA permanent) -> impermanent, temporary -- (not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing")

Similarity of adj abiding

1 sense of abiding

Sense 1
abiding, enduring, imperishable -- (unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths")
       => permanent (vs. impermanent), lasting -- (continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value")