- 3. Support, assist, aid, help, defend, side with, stand for.
- 4. Defend, maintain, vindicate, make good, justify, support.
- 5. Rest on, be supported, repose in.
- 6. (Naut.) Attend, be ready.
Stander-by, n. Bystander, spectator, witness.
Stand fast. Be fixed, be unshaken, be immovable.
Stand fire. Bear trial, stand firm, remain undismayed.
Stand firmly on. Be satisfied, be convinced of.
Stand for.
- 1. Signify, mean, represent.
- 2. Defend, support, aid, help, side with, stand by, maintain.
- 3. Offer one’s self as candidate, present one’s self.
- 4. (Naut.) Direct the course toward.
Stand from. (Naut.) Direct the course from.
Standing, a.
- 1. Established, settled, permanent.
- 2. Lasting, permanent, durable.
- 3. Stagnant, motionless.
- 4. Fixed, immovable.
Standing, n.
- 1. Stand.
- 2. Duration, existence, continuance.