Fending Synonyms and Antonyms

To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shifting
  2. managing
  3. faring
  4. doing
Withstand the force of something
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. resisting
  2. repelling
  3. safeguarding
  4. standing
  5. warding
  6. supporting
  7. shielding
  8. defending
  9. guarding
  10. securing
  11. providing
  12. parrying
  13. preserving
  14. avoiding
  15. averting
Antonyms:
  1. yielding
  2. surrendering
To turn or drive away.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. repulsing
  2. repelling
  3. parrying

Words Related to Fending

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Fending Sentence Examples

  • He wasn't trying to be rude; he was merely fending off an uncomfortable subject.

  • Every ounce of willpower went into fending off hysteria.

  • He compared his conduct in that great post to that of a man floating down a river and fending off from his vessel, as well as he could, the various obstacles it encountered.

  • Being sent out into the wilderness for a night of camping and fending for themselves.

  • Crusoe's shipwreck and adventures, his finding the footprint in the sand, his man "Friday," - the whole atmosphere of romance which surrounds the position of the civilized man fending for himself on a desert island - these have made Defoe's great work an imperishable part of English literature.

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