FORBEAR as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a person from whom you are descended
   Synonym(s)
   • forebear (what does forebear mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) forbear is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ancestor (what does ancestor mean?)
   • ascendant (what does ascendant mean?)
   • ascendent (what does ascendent mean?)
   • antecedent (what does antecedent mean?)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • grandparent (what does grandparent mean?)
   • great grandparent (what does great grandparent mean?)

FORBEAR as VERB

1. Meaning
   • not do something
   Synonym(s)
   • refrain (what does refrain mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He refrained from hitting him back
   • she could not forbear weeping
   Antonym(s)
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • leave (what does leave mean?)
   • leave alone (what does leave alone mean?)
   • leave behind (what does leave behind mean?)
   • let it go (what does let it go mean?)
   • abstain (what does abstain mean?)
   • spare (what does spare mean?)
   • save (what does save mean?)
   • help oneself (what does help oneself mean?)
   • help (what does help mean?)
   • stand by (what does stand by mean?)
   • sit out (what does sit out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • forbearance (what does forbearance mean?)