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.

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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

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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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1. Marco Rubio:

   Almost three weeks after your Cuba announcement, there is absolutely no reason why any of these individuals should be in prison or the targets of repression – or for their identities, conditions and whereabouts to remain such closely held secrets.

2. Charles Kuck:

   This is a civil law violation, and the continued detention of Mr. Abraham-Joseph serves no other purpose than to unnecessarily punish him and try to intimidate him into giving up his right to fight to remain in the United States.

3. Grey GR:

   Issues with gaining access to [ the Building Safety Fund ], created by Government, have been, and remain, the fundamental roadblock to progress.

4. Raphael Warnock:

   I'm heartened by the turnout we've seen. But we remain focused. We need people to show up tomorrow.

5. Claude Lévi-Strauss:

   Enthusiastic partisans of the idea of progress are in danger of failing to recognize... the immense riches accumulated by the human race. By underrating the achievements of the past, they devalue all those which still remain to be accomplished.