Synonyms for remain
rɪˈmeɪnre·main

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1. remain

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. remain

   Synonyms:
   stay, continue, wait, stop, tarry, halt, sojourn, rest, dwell, abide, last, endure, accrue, survive

   Antonyms:
   fly, vanish, remove, depart, speed, hasten, press, flit, disappear, pass

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. stay, remain, restverb

   stay the same; remain in a certain state

   "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:
   breathe, quell, delay, bide, stick, pillow, stay, repose, last out, perch, ride out, persist, catch one's breath, rest, appease, lie, take a breather, reside, stick around, abide, stay on, stay put, outride, continue, detain, roost

2. stay, stay on, continue, remainverb

   continue in a place, position, or situation

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   go along, keep on, quell, delay, bide, stick, go on, stay, carry on, keep, cover, last out, ride out, persist, persist in, go forward, rest, appease, bear on, extend, proceed, retain, stick around, abide, stay on, stay put, uphold, preserve, outride, continue, detain

3. remainverb

   be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.

   "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

   Synonyms:
   continue, persist, rest, stay on, stay

4. persist, remain, stayverb

   stay behind

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

   Synonyms:
   hang on, last out, delay, stay on, stick, quell, stay, die hard, hang in, ride out, persist, hold on, rest, appease, prevail, persevere, bide, run, stick around, abide, endure, stay put, outride, continue, detain

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1. remainverb

   Synonyms:
   continue, endure, abide, stay, tarry, keep, last

2. remainverb

   Synonyms:
   be left, be left behind

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1. remainverb

   Synonyms:
   stay

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1. List of paraphrases for "remain":

   stay, continue, keep, remains, persist, maintain, staying, retain, be, rest, stand, stick, are

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How to use remain in a sentence?

1. Ant Financial:

   We are not commenting on the CFIUS process, but we are continuing to work with the various regulatory agencies and remain focused on closing the transaction by the end of the year.

2. Selahattin Demirtas:

   Dear Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as long as HDP remains and our voters remain on this land, we will not let you become president, we will not let you become president, we will not let you become president. (His last party meeting speech before 2015 general elections that only lasted 3 minute 36 seconds)

3. Jeb Bush:

   .@JebBush has embarrassed himself his family with his incompetent campaign for President. He should remain true to himself, the last thing our country needs is another BUSH! Dumb as a rock!

4. Andrew Kauff:

   As it is raining today, the mine shaft hole has become much bigger, as it gets closer to the house I hope the area that has solid earth will remain intact.

5. Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry:

   We need to remain optimistic, the signal we get is that the Taliban have not said 'yes' to the talks but have also not said 'no'.