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Remain

🔄 Synonyms of "Remain"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
persistverb	(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
restnoun	(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
stayverb	(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
continueverb	(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
stay onverb	(idiomatic) to continue in a place or situation, while others leave.

↔️ Antonyms of "Remain"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
changenoun	(intransitive) To become something different.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Remain"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
stay onverb	(idiomatic) to continue in a place or situation, while others leave.
stayverb	(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
persistverb	(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
continueverb	(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
restverb	(intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
remainderverb	(transitive, commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
dwellverb	(intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
lingerverb	(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
subsistverb	To survive on a minimum of resources.
survivalnoun	The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
abideverb	Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
surviveverb	(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
persevereverb	(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
bideverb	(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
endureverb	(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
keepverb	(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
keepsnoun	Only used in for keeps
retainverb	(transitive) Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
sustainverb	(transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
continuingnoun	A continuation.