STAYED Synonyms: 170 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb (1)

past tense of stay

as in remained

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

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as in stopped

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

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as in waited

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

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as in visited

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

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stayed

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verb (2)

past tense of stay

as in sustained

to hold up or serve as a foundation for beams being used to stay the bridge while it is undergoing repairs

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Recent Examples of stayed

Verb

The driver who was involved stayed at the scene and is cooperating with investigators, according to Reinert. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026 After his initial career breakthrough, instead of making a predictable move to Music City, the Texas A&M graduate has stayed close to his roots deep in the Lone Star State. — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026 Just 8% said their premiums have decreased (4%) or stayed the same (4%) during that time. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 The average stay is about 30 days, but some people have stayed just a couple of days and others months. — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 The next day, Larsson swapped pink for acid green but stayed firmly in the 2000s. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 But the thing that always stayed the same was that there was something a little rotten in her. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026 In Week 3 of the HBCU schedule, Tennessee State topped Florida A&M and Benedict stayed unbeaten, along with Morehouse getting its first win for coach Brad Sherrod. — Wilton Jackson, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The good news is the team stayed positive after both injury scares. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stayed

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But in a keynote a day later, founder Wang Xingxing cautioned that commercialization beyond dancing robots remained years away.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Nolo, meanwhile, was well southwest of Hawaii and moving away from the Big Island as the weekend drew to a close, but a wind advisory and high surf advisory remained in effect for parts of the island through Monday morning.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of remained

Verb

The club’s manager, who gave his name as Diego, said he was not convinced the slaying stemmed from a simple crime of opportunity because the gunman had waited for the victim inside the club.

— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Some reportedly waited for over 10 hours just to be the first to buy the latest iPhone, while others travelled for hours from smaller Indian cities to Apple stores in big cities to upgrade their iPhones.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of waited

Verb

The second-year tight end also visited the blue medical tent on the sideline Sunday after a 19-yard catch-and-run in which he got collided hard with a Browns defensive back.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026
Our photographers also visited park openings in Davis and Sacramento, and travelled to the remote Placer County community of Iowa Hill after a sheriff’s deputies engaged in a two-hour shootout with a man who killed a woman in a home nearby.

— Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of visited

Verb

The agency said the father and son sustained injuries and were treated at a local hospital.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Officials warned of heavy rainfall, sustained winds of 25-35 mph and the potential of coastal flooding in New York, with the worst of it expected to occur from Saturday evening into Sunday afternoon.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of sustained

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Following the coach’s firing in July 2023, more than 260 Northwestern faculty members signed a petition calling for the stadium plans to be halted until at least athletic department’s problems could be sorted out.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
While the ceasefire halted the heaviest fighting and humanitarian conditions have improved, the Israeli military has expanded its control of Gaza and now occupies some 60% of the territory.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of halted

Verb

If the team succeeds, the result could transform a technology normally associated with large laboratory instruments into a compact quantum sensor that can be carried where the threat actually is.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
The proposal laid out concrete details aimed at restoring traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about a fifth of global oil and gas shipments before the war, reviving fragile hopes for a diplomatic off-ramp to the seven-month war.

— Sam Meredith,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026