stand for (v.)

• abide
• affirm
• allege
• announce
• annunciate
• argue
• assert
• asseverate
• aver
• avouch
• avow
• bear
• bespeak
• betoken
• bide
• brave
• breathe
• brook
• characterize
• condone
• connote
• contend
• countenance
• declare
• denominate
• denote
• designate
• differentiate
• disclose
• display
• endure
• entail
• enunciate
• express
• fetch
• figure
• finger
• have
• highlight
• hint
• hold
• identify
• imply
• import
• indicate
• indulge
• insist
• involve
• lump
• maintain
• make
• manifest
• mark
• mean
• name
• note
• overlook
• persevere
• predicate
• proclaim
• profess
• pronounce
• protest
• put
• reach
• reveal
• say
• select
• show
• signify
• speak
• specify
• spell
• stand
• state
• stick
• stigmatize
• stomach
• submit
• suffer
• suggest
• support
• sustain
• symbolize
• testify
• tolerate
• typify