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Staying

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Staying"

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Word	Definition
stay onverb	(idiomatic) to continue in a place or situation, while others leave.
stay putverb	(idiomatic) To remain in one fixed place
stick aroundverb	(informal) To stay; to linger; to remain.
ride outverb	(transitive, idiomatic, by extension) To tackle a difficult situation and survive; to survive through; to weather.
bideverb	(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
abideverb	Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
continueverb	(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
last outverb	(ambitransitive) To survive or endure.
persistverb	(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
remainverb	To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
detainverb	(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
delayverb	(transitive) To put off until a later time; to defer.
stoppagenoun	A pause or halt of some activity.
appeaseverb	To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
stopverb	(intransitive) To cease moving.
quellverb	(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
arrestverb	(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
restverb	(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
haltverb	(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
hitchverb	(transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.