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

1 sense of bear up

Sense 1
bear up -- (endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain")
       => 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")