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/ˈhoʊldˌaʊt/ · noun
One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned..
If Facebook chooses to remain a holdout, it will not be as the head of a countercoalition but as a cranky recluse.
One of Otto’s first moves after Viserys’ death is to make the lords and ladies of the Red Keep bend the knee to Aegon. The two holdouts are swiftly carted away by the guards, while the third, Rhaenyra’s faithful Lord Caswell (Paul Hickey), reluctantly kneels.
He is probably working a vest or sleeve hold-out. Some clumsy or audacious sharpers will go so far as to hold out cards in their lap, or stick them in a "bug" under the table.
Use holdout when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Holdout means One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If Facebook chooses to remain a holdout, it will not be as the head of a countercoalition but as a cranky recluse.
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