Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report.
Source: tatoeba (2267)
Suffer
//ˈsʌfɚ//
Synonyms for "suffer" (202 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (41)
Verb(18 words)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (101)
havehave a miseryhear ofhumorindulgeknowlaborlabor underleaveletlicenselive throughlumplump itmeetmeet up withmeet withnailoverlookpain
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pass throughpaypenanceperseverepoundput up withreceiverun up againstseeshootshrinksmartspendstandstand forstand understickstomachsubmitsubmit tosuffer anguishsuffer forsuffer the consequencessupportsustainswallowsweattaketake up withtastethrillthrobtingletoleratetwingetwitchundergoupsetvouchsafewincewink atwithstandwritheyield
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
14 entriesderived
12 entriesmanner of
5 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
233 translations across 66 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- heq keq verb (to endure, undergo)
- vuaj verb (undergo hardship)
- vuaj verb (feel pain)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- νοσέω verb (undergo hardship)
- νοσέω verb (feel pain)
- πάσχω verb (undergo hardship)
- πάσχω verb (to endure, undergo)
Arabic
4 entries- تَأَلَّمَ verb (undergo hardship)
- شِقِي verb (undergo hardship)
- عانى verb (undergo hardship)
- عَانَى verb (undergo hardship)
Arbëresh
1 entries- psonj verb (undergo hardship)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- əzab çəkmək verb (undergo hardship)
- əziyyət çəkmək verb (undergo hardship)
Belarusian
2 entries- му́чыцца verb (undergo hardship)
- пакутава́ць verb (undergo hardship)
Bulgarian
3 entries- боли ме verb (feel pain)
- мъ́ча са verb (undergo hardship)
- стра́дам verb (undergo hardship)
Catalan
4 entries- empitjorar verb (become worse)
- patir verb (undergo hardship)
- sofrir verb (undergo hardship)
- sofrir verb (feel pain)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 受苦 verb (undergo hardship)
- 吃苦 verb (undergo hardship)
- 忍受 verb (to endure, undergo)
- 遭受 verb (undergo hardship)
Chuvash
1 entries- тарӑх verb (undergo hardship)
Czech
3 entries- trpět verb (undergo hardship)
- trpět verb (feel pain)
- trpět verb (to endure, undergo)
Danish
2 entries- lide verb (undergo hardship)
- lide verb (feel pain)
Dutch
2 entries- lijden verb (undergo hardship)
- lijden verb (feel pain)
Esperanto
4 entries- doloriĝi verb (feel pain)
- lasi verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- permesi verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- plimalboniĝi verb (become worse)
Finnish
4 entries- hyväksyä verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- kestää verb (to endure, undergo)
- kitua verb (feel pain)
- kärsiä verb (undergo hardship)
French
4 entries- endurer verb (to endure, undergo)
- pâtir de verb (become worse)
- souffrir verb (undergo hardship)
- souffrir verb (feel pain)
Friulian
2 entries- patî verb (undergo hardship)
- sufrî verb (undergo hardship)
Galician
4 entries- deixar verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- empeorar verb (become worse)
- permitir verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- sufrir verb (undergo hardship)
German
3 entries- erleiden verb (to endure, undergo)
- leiden verb (undergo hardship)
- leiden verb (feel pain)
Gothic
3 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (feel pain)
- 𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 verb (undergo hardship)
- 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (feel pain)
Greek
4 entries- βασανίζομαι verb (undergo hardship)
- δεινοπαθώ verb (undergo hardship)
- εγκαρτερώ verb (to endure, undergo)
- επιτρέπω verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
Greenlandic
1 entries- anniarpoq verb (feel pain)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- soufri verb (undergo hardship)
Hebrew
1 entries- סבל verb (undergo hardship)
Higaonon
1 entries- antos verb (to endure, undergo)
Hungarian
4 entries- eltűr verb (to endure, undergo)
- elvisel verb (to endure, undergo)
- enged verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- kárát látja verb (become worse)
Ingrian
3 entries- kärsiä verb (undergo hardship)
- kärsiä verb (feel pain)
- mookkahua verb (undergo hardship)
Irish
1 entries- cuir suas le verb (to endure, undergo)
Italian
4 entries- aggravarsi verb (become worse)
- lasciare verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- patire verb (undergo hardship)
- penare verb (undergo hardship)
Japanese
3 entries- 我慢する verb (to endure, undergo)
- 苦しむ verb (feel pain)
- 被る verb (undergo hardship)
Kaitag
1 entries- илгъвана verb (undergo hardship)
Korean
4 entries- 겪다 verb (undergo hardship)
- 고통받다 verb (undergo hardship)
- 괴로와하다 verb (undergo hardship)
- 시달리다 verb (undergo hardship)
Latgalian
2 entries- cīst verb (undergo hardship)
- stiļt verb (undergo hardship)
Latin
4 entries- aggravor verb (become worse)
- doleō verb (feel pain)
- patior verb (undergo hardship)
- patior verb (to endure, undergo)
Latvian
1 entries- ciest verb (undergo hardship)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kęsti verb (undergo hardship)
Lombard
1 entries- patì verb (undergo hardship)
Malayalam
3 entries- കഷ്ടപ്പെടുക verb (undergo hardship)
- വേദനിക്കുക verb (feel pain)
- സഹിക്കുക verb (to endure, undergo)
Māori
4 entries- hīwiniwini verb (feel pain)
- kōharihari verb (feel pain)
- makuhea verb (undergo hardship)
- ngahi verb (undergo hardship)
Norwegian
4 entries- forverre verb (become worse)
- lide verb (undergo hardship)
- lide verb (feel pain)
- lide verb (to endure, undergo)
Occitan
3 entries- patir verb (undergo hardship)
- sofrir verb (undergo hardship)
- sofrir verb (feel pain)
Old English
4 entries- drēogan verb (undergo hardship)
- þolian verb (undergo hardship)
- þrōwian verb (undergo hardship)
- þrōwian verb (feel pain)
Old French
2 entries- susfrir verb (undergo hardship)
- susfrir verb (feel pain)
Piedmontese
1 entries- patì verb (undergo hardship)
Polish
4 entries- cierpieć verb (undergo hardship)
- cierpieć verb (feel pain)
- pokutować verb (undergo hardship)
- ucierpieć verb (become worse)
Portuguese
4 entries- deixar verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- permitir verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- piorar verb (become worse)
- sofrer verb (undergo hardship)
Quechua
4 entries- llakiy verb (undergo hardship)
- llakiy verb (feel pain)
- muchuy verb (undergo hardship)
- ñak'ay verb (undergo hardship)
Romanian
2 entries- suferi verb (undergo hardship)
- suferi verb (feel pain)
Romansch
3 entries- patir verb (undergo hardship)
- piteir verb (undergo hardship)
- pitir verb (undergo hardship)
Russian
4 entries- вы́держать verb (to endure, undergo)
- вы́нести verb (to endure, undergo)
- выде́рживать verb (to endure, undergo)
- выноси́ть verb (to endure, undergo)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वहति verb (feel pain)
Sardinian
4 entries- patire verb (undergo hardship)
- patiri verb (undergo hardship)
- sufrire verb (undergo hardship)
- sufriri verb (undergo hardship)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fulaing verb (undergo hardship)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- patiti verb (undergo hardship)
- патити verb (undergo hardship)
Sicilian
2 entries- patiri verb (undergo hardship)
- suffriri verb (undergo hardship)
Slovak
1 entries- trpieť verb (undergo hardship)
Slovene
1 entries- trpeti verb (undergo hardship)
Spanish
4 entries- adolecer verb (feel pain)
- empeorar verb (become worse)
- padecer verb (undergo hardship)
- padecer verb (feel pain)
Swahili
3 entries- teseka verb (undergo hardship)
- teseka verb (feel pain)
- teseka verb (to endure, undergo)
Swedish
4 entries- lida verb (undergo hardship)
- lida verb (feel pain)
- låta verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- tillåta verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
Thai
1 entries- ตรำ verb (undergo hardship)
Turkish
4 entries- acı çekmek verb (undergo hardship)
- kötüleşmek verb (become worse)
- kötüye gitmek verb (become worse)
- çekmek verb (undergo hardship)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дозволяти verb (''(archaic in English)'' to allow)
- му́читися verb (undergo hardship)
- му́читися verb (feel pain)
- стражда́ти verb (undergo hardship)
Venetan
1 entries- patir verb (undergo hardship)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chịu đựng verb (undergo hardship)
- cảm thấy đau verb (feel pain)
Welsh
2 entries- dioddef verb (feel pain)
- dioddef verb (become worse)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
It is a shameful fact that, while there are lands where people suffer from hunger, within Japan there are many households and restaurants where much food is thrown away.
Source: tatoeba (18162)
It is man's lot to suffer.
Source: tatoeba (18392)
This city will suffer from an acute water shortage unless it rains soon.
Source: tatoeba (18772)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.