Words and phrases that have a meaning related to defy: (159 results)
Antonyms:
apply, lend oneself
Often used in the same context:
flout, confound, ignore, disobey, resist, shatter, uphold, reject, adhere, invoke, trample, scoff, deny, disregard, obeyed, prevail, succumb, sidestep, trounce, abandon, despite, impose, contradict, dictate, circumvent, spurn, frustrate, mystify, undeterred, trump, perplex, steamroll, confront, refuse, overturn, obliterate, clobber, capitulate, elude, transcend, belie, cling, thwart, evade, daunt, heed, conform, subvert, bewitch, overrule, astound, astonish, quash, follow, rethink, ride roughshod, vanquish, pulverise, disprove, notwithstanding, deviate, transfix, persevere, upend, undaunted, shrug, shun, overwhelm, vex, outrun, befuddle, kowtow, disbelieve, contravene, enforce, vindicate, transgress, bristle, discombobulate, becloud, rhapsodise, punish, oppose, bucking, cowed, shirk, accede, reconsider, dodge, fulfill, flaunt, assail, scupper, accept, pummel, abide, traduce, stymie, supersede, alter, bemuse, disconcert, alas, descend, earnest, posses, salutations, winter, alternate, cease, compare, dwell, has, have, looks, methinks, nod, oath, petitions, preparatory, rejoinder, salutation, accurate, facile, attempted, accepted, considered, correct, revised, rigorous, roentgenographic, simultaneous, approximative, careful, commonsense, conclusive, exhaustive, further, genre, incorrect, juster, procrustean
More general:
Also try:challenge, escape, hold out, stand firm, withstand
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