remain

¹re·main

intransitive verb \ri-ˈmān\

Definition of REMAIN

1

a : to be a part not destroyed, taken, or used up <only a few ruins remain>

b : to be something yet to be shown, done, or treated <it remains to be seen>

2

: to stay in the same place or with the same person or group; especially : to stay behind

3

: to continue unchanged <the fact remains that we can't go>

Examples of REMAIN

1. Little remained after the fire.
2. Only two minutes still remain in the game.
3. The question remains: who fired the shot?
4. She remained in Boston after she finished college.
5. The soldiers were ordered to remain at their posts.
6. I remained behind after the class had ended.
7. He remained with the team.

Origin of REMAIN

Middle English, from Anglo-French remaindre, from Latin remanēre, from re- + manēre to remain — more at mansion

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to REMAIN

Synonyms

abide, dwell, hang around, ¹stay, stick around, tarry

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

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

Rhymes with REMAIN

abstain, again, air lane, airplane, amain, arcane, arraign, attain, Bahrain, Bassein, Beltane, biplane, birdbrain, block plane, bloodstain, boat train, brain drain, bugbane, campaign, champagne, champaign, Champlain, checkrein, chicane, chilblain, choke chain, chow mein, cinquain, cocaine, Cockaigne, Coltrane, coxswain, complain, constrain, contain, cordwain, cowbane, crackbrain, demesne, deplane, destain, detain, detrain, devein, disdain, distain, distrain, dogbane, domain, drivetrain, dumb cane, edge-grain, Elaine, enchain, enplane, entrain, ethane, explain, eyestrain, fast lane, fleabane, floatplane, floodplain, food chain, forebrain, Fort Wayne, Gawain, germane, Great Dane, grosgrain, half plane, henbane, hindbrain, house-train, humane, Hussein, Igraine, immane, inane, ingrain, insane, jack plane, lamebrain, left brain, lightplane, lo mein, long-chain, Lorraine, maintain, marchpane, membrane, methane, midbrain, migraine, Montaigne, montane, moraine, mortmain, Moulmein, mundane, neck-rein, New Spain, obtain, octane, ordain, pertain, plain-Jane, profane, propane, ptomaine, purslane, quatrain, raise Cain, refrain, restrain, retain, retrain, right brain, romaine, sailplane, sea-lane, seaplane, seatrain, split-brain, sustain, tailplane, tearstain, terrane, Touraine, towplane, triplane, Ukraine, unchain, urbane, vervain, vicereine, villein, volplane, warplane, wave train, wolfsbane

²remain

noun

Definition of REMAIN

1

obsolete : stay

2

: a remaining part or trace —usually used in plural

3

plural : a dead body

First Known Use of REMAIN

15th century