Endurers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who persist in the face of challenges or difficulties
2. Those who demonstrate the capacity to withstand hardship or adversity over time
3. People characterized by their resilience in enduring struggles and remaining steadfast

Etymology: "Endurers" is simply the plural of "endurer", a noun for someone who endures, or holds out through hardship. Its parts are the verb "endure" and the English suffix "-er", which turns a verb into a noun for the person doing the action, as in "baker" or "teacher". "Endure" itself came into English from Old French "endurer", which in turn came from Latin "indurare", meaning to harden or make hard, from "durus", hard. The sense of holding out under pressure is therefore built into the word's core: to endure is, literally, to become hard against what presses on you.

Synonyms: survivors, perseverers, stayers, resilients, fighters

Antonyms: quitters, cowards, abandoners, deserters, fainthearts