Synonyms

remain rest

Examples

"The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it" "rest assured" "stay alone" "He remained unmoved by her tears" "The bad weather continued for another week"

Synonyms

stick stay_put stick_around

Examples

"We are staying in Detroit we are not moving to Cincinnati" "Stay put in the corner here!" "Stick around and you will learn something!"

Synonyms

abide bide

Examples

"You can stay with me while you are in town" "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

Synonyms

remain stay_on continue

Examples

: "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser" "Stay with me, please" "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year" "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

Examples

"I had to stay at home and watch the children"

Synonyms

delay detain

Examples

"Please stay the bloodshed!"

Examples

"they had a nice stay in Paris" "a lengthy hospital stay" "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

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remain persist

Examples

"The smell stayed in the room" "The hostility remained long after they made up"

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appease quell

Examples

"quell my hunger"

Examples

"the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"

Examples

: "The judge stayed the execution order"

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stop halt check hitch stoppage arrest

Examples

"the negotiations were in arrest" "held them in check" "during the halt he got some lunch" "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow" "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

Synonyms

ride_out outride last_out

Examples

"ride out the storm"

Synonyms

check arrest

Examples

"the heart was in arrest" "war caused a check in the company's growth" "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"