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Verbs (8)

v. 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"

stay, rest, continue

v. 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"

stay, stay on

v. 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"

stay, persist

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

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Fuzzynyms (173)

sojourn

v. spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

last, endure

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

stay, remain, persist

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

stay, remain, stay on

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

dally, tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

stay, abide, bide

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

pause suddenly, break off

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

last, endure

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

renew

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

recondition

v. bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances"

rejuvenate, make youthful, make younger

v. make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"

extend, widen, broaden

v. extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"

extend, prolong, protract, draw out

v. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

sojourn

v. spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

relax, unlax, unwind, loosen up, unbend, decompress, slow down

v. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"

calm, cool off, chill out, calm down, simmer down, compose oneself, cool it

v. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

stop, halt, come to a halt, stop moving

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

stop, halt

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

holler, hollo, roar, clamor, clamour, vociferate

v. utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"

run, persist, die hard, endure, prevail

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

hinge, attach by a hinge, attach with a hinge

v. attach with a hinge

soothe, cause to feel better

v. cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

relax, loosen, become loose, become looser

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

ease, comfort

v. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

ease, move carefully, move gently

v. move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"

retire, go into retirement

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

retreat

v. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

curb, subdue, suppress, inhibit, conquer, stamp down

v. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

paralyze, paralyse, make powerless

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

stay, remain, persist

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

stay, rest, remain, continue

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

dally, tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

wait, stay in one place

v. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"

respite, reprieve

v. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

stay, remain, stay on

stay, rest, remain, continue

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

dally, tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

stay, abide, bide

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

survive, outlive, outlast

v. live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"

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Antonyms (36)

change

v. undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

leave, leave unaltered, leave unchanged

v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

leave, depart

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

find, get, receive, obtain

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

produce, get, grow, develop, acquire

v. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

move, run, go

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

pass, transfer

v. transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"

pass, crack, break through

v. as through a barrier; "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

abort

v. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

run, go

v. have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."

v. be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day"

remain

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