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¹stay

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of STAY

to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time <let's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining>

Synonyms abide, dwell, hang around, remain, stick around, tarry

Related Words await, hang on, hold on, wait; dally, dawdle, linger, loiter; outstay, overstay

Near Antonyms abscond, book [slang], decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skip; abandon, desert, forsake, vacate

Antonyms bail, bail out, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, exit, get off, go, go off, leave, move, pack (up or off), peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, shove (off), take off, vamoose, walk out

to bring (something) to a standstill <stay the trial until this new evidence has been processed>

Synonyms arrest, bring up, catch, check, draw up, fetch up, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop

Related Words baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stem; conclude, cut off, end, terminate; call, discontinue, suspend; choke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch (or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back

Near Antonyms carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run on; advance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wend; actuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir

to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something <we'll stay for a while longer and see if anyone shows up>

Synonyms await, bide, hold on, stay

Related Words hang around, linger, remain, stick around, tarry; stand by; anticipate, expect, watch (for)

to reside as a temporary guest <let's stay at a quaint inn rather than at some generic motel>

Synonyms crash [slang], sojourn, stay, tarry

Related Words come by, come over, drop by, drop in, run in, step in, stop (by); frequent, hang (around or out), haunt; inhabit, occupy

Near Antonyms abide, dwell, live, reside

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