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remain

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of remain

1 to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time

  • one of the three bridges known as "the London Bridge," it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today
Synonyms of remain

abide, dwell, hang around, stay, stick around, tarry
Words Related to remain

await, hang on, hold on, wait

dally, dawdle, linger, loiter

outstay, overstay
Near Antonyms of remain

abscond, book [slang], decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skip

abandon, desert, forsake, vacate
Antonyms of remain

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

2 to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state

  • the fact remains: it's still impossible to be in two places at once
Synonyms of remain

abide, bide, continue, endure, hold on, hold up, keep up, last, perdure, persist, run on
Words Related to remain

linger, stay, stick around, tarry

carry through, prevail, survive
Near Antonyms of remain

abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane
Antonyms of remain

cease, close, conclude, desist, die, discontinue, end, expire, finish, lapse, leave off, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up

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