Synonyms of standing

standing 1 of 3

noun

1

as in dignity

high position within society

a man of standing in his community

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dignity
• rank
• state
• quality
• nobility
• highness
• class
• fashion
• caste
• superiority
• distinction
• status
• precedence
• dominance
• primacy
• gentleness
• nobleness
• station
• gentility
• preferment
• preeminence
• loftiness
• grandness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• degradation
• debasement
• subordination
• inferiority
• subordinateness
• lowness
• baseness
• commonness
• lowliness

2

as in duration

the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress

a tradition of long standing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• duration
• time
• life
• lifespan
• lifetime
• continuance
• date
• run
• span
• term
• tenure
• stretch
• spell
• tour
• hitch
• longevity
• turn
• age
• half-life

3

as in position

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement

my standing in the class at the time of graduation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• position
• level
• ranking
• rank
• place
• echelon
• status
• degree
• situation
• footing
• station
• reach(es)
• stratum
• rung
• walk
• condition
• estate
• function
• capacity
• order
• rating

standing

2 of 3

adjective

ˈstan-diŋ 

1

as in static

fixed in a place or position

bought the house and all standing appliances and fixtures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• static
• motionless
• in place
• stationary
• immobile
• nonmoving
• still
• immovable
• frozen
• stuck
• stagnant
• steadfast
• fast
• rooted
• irremovable
• unmovable
• nonmotile
• moveless
• wedged
• immotile
• unbudging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moving
• mobile
• movable
• adjustable
• flexible
• portable
• modular
• removable
• nonstationary
• motile
• transferable
• unstable
• unbalanced
• unsteady
• transportable
• displaceable

2

as in vertical

rising straight up

all standing timbers are in sound condition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vertical
• erect
• upright
• perpendicular
• lifted
• raised
• plumb
• upstanding
• stand-up
• elevated
• upraised
• upended
• freestanding
• semierect
• stand-alone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flat
• recumbent
• prostrate
• hanging
• supine
• diagonal
• sagging
• slanted
• slant
• slanting
• slanty

standing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of stand

1

as in sitting

to occupy a place or location

the monument stands in the middle of the town plaza

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sitting
• being
• lying
• remaining
• resting
• residing
• waiting
• bearing
• staying
• overlooking
• awaiting
• commanding
• posting
• hanging around
• sticking around
• tarrying
• dwelling
• stationing

2

as in tolerating

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I don't know how you can stand that job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerating
• enduring
• handling
• taking
• accepting
• bearing
• sustaining
• wearing
• meeting
• supporting
• absorbing
• abiding
• swallowing
• stomaching
• biding
• going
• living with
• sticking out
• standing for
• hacking
• pocketing
• countenancing
• lumping (it)
• brooking
• suffering
• sweating out
• toughing it out
• allowing
• permitting
• respecting
• reconciling (to)
• acquiescing
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• consenting (to)
• agreeing (with or to)
• assenting (to)
• capitulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• fighting
• declining
• dismissing
• rejecting
• opposing
• resisting
• contesting
• repudiating
• combating
• avoiding
• turning down
• missing
• escaping
• evading
• spurning
• dodging
• bypassing
• eluding
• circumventing
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing

3

as in paying

to give what is owed for

I'll stand lunch, and you can pay me back later

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paying
• meeting
• settling
• balancing
• footing
• clearing
• discharging
• liquidating
• paying off
• springing (for)
• quitting
• paying up
• recompensing
• ponying up
• anteing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repudiating

4

as in being

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes

if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league

Synonyms & Similar Words

• being
• ranking
• placing
• rating
• grading
• seeding
• counting
• grouping
• classifying
• separating
• sorting
• installing
• codifying
• categorizing
• setting
• classing
• compartmentalizing
• instating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of standing

Noun

Over most of the past 27 years, Dolan has been directly responsible for many bad trades, the hiring of incompetent front office personnel and even the expulsion from Madison Square Garden of fan favorite Charles Oakley, all while the team languished near the bottom of the standings year after year. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026

The order also alleges Eastland allowed camp nurses to administer medications under inadequate standing orders between March and July 2025. —S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 28 May 2026

Adjective

And Entertainment Weekly is joining in on the standing ovation, declaring the group our Broadway Breaking Big Class of 2026. —Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026

If a film is good, the standing ovation can go on for what feels like an eternity. —Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026

Verb

Seasonal ingredients are carefully picked and mainly sourced from local producers and long-standing partner producers. —Yuri Shima, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

The nonprofit does not release grades for VA hospitals, mental health facilities, free-standing pediatric hospitals and some specialty facilities, like surgery centers and cancer hospitals. —Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026