Synonyms for stay
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1. stay

   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, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, 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. staynoun

   Synonyms:
   abode, continuance, sojourn, support, prop

2. stayverb

   Synonyms:
   hold, stop, restrain, withhold, arrest, hinder, delay, obstruct, support, rest, repose, remain, continue, dwell, await, halt, abide, wait, tarry, confide, trust, lean

   Antonyms:
   loose, liberate, send, expedite, speed, free, accelerate, hasten, oppress, depress, burden, fail, fall, proceed, move, depart, overthrow, mistrust

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. staynoun

   continuing or remaining in a place or state

   "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

   Synonyms:
   arrest, hitch, check, halt, stop, stoppage

   Antonyms:
   depart, take leave, change, move, quit

2. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppagenoun

   the state of inactivity following an interruption

   "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, verification, enlistment, limp, full stop, stoppage, apprehension, hindrance, halt, impediment, chip, tab, interference, handicap, arrest, tick, check-out procedure, occlusion, confirmation, point, freeze, check mark, pinch, cheque, block, tour of duty, stop consonant, baulk, term of enlistment, diaphragm, checkout, taking into custody, duty tour, hinderance, hobble, blockage, curb, chit, stop, layover, rub, occlusive, plosive, collar, plosive speech sound, period, substantiation, hang-up, tour, deterrent, encumbrance, catch, balk, stopover, plosive consonant, preventive, incumbrance, bank check, full point, preventative, snag, assay, bridle, closure, check

   Antonyms:
   move, take leave, change, quit, depart

3. staynoun

   a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

   "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"

   Synonyms:
   arrest, hitch, check, halt, stop, stoppage

   Antonyms:
   change, quit, take leave, move, depart

4. staynoun

   a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

   Synonyms:
   arrest, hitch, check, halt, stop, stoppage

   Antonyms:
   move, take leave, depart, change, quit

5. stayverb

   (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

   Synonyms:
   arrest, hitch, check, halt, stop, stoppage

   Antonyms:
   take leave, depart, move, change, quit

6. 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, repose, last out, perch, ride out, persist, catch one's breath, rest, appease, lie, remain, take a breather, reside, stick around, abide, stay on, stay put, outride, continue, detain, roost

   Antonyms:
   change, depart, move, quit, take leave

7. stay, stick, stick around, stay putverb

   stay put (in a certain place)

   "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

   Synonyms:
   stand by, stupefy, stick by, abide, stick, perplex, cleave, bond, get, quell, mystify, appease, cling, bind, cohere, rest, remain, continue, stick around, nonplus, outride, flummox, stay on, dumbfound, vex, last out, baffle, lodge, sting, hold fast, stick about, beat, deposit, amaze, stick to, stay put, bide, gravel, persist, detain, bewilder, wedge, pose, ride out, delay, puzzle, adhere

   Antonyms:
   quit, change, move, take leave, depart

8. bide, abide, stayverb

   dwell

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

   Synonyms:
   put up, bide, stick, stand, suffer, brook, delay, abide, support, ride out, persist, stomach, digest, tolerate, quell, rest, appease, stick out, remain, stick around, endure, stay on, stay put, last out, outride, bear, continue, detain

   Antonyms:
   depart, quit, take leave, move, change

9. 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, carry on, keep, cover, last out, ride out, persist, persist in, go forward, rest, appease, bear on, extend, remain, proceed, retain, stick around, abide, stay on, stay put, uphold, preserve, outride, continue, detain

   Antonyms:
   depart, quit, take leave, move, change

10. stayverb

    remain behind

    "I had to stay at home and watch the children"

    Synonyms:
    quell, delay, bide, stick, last out, ride out, persist, rest, appease, remain, stick around, abide, stay on, stay put, outride, continue, detain

    Antonyms:
    take leave, change, quit, depart, move

11. stay, detain, delayverb

    stop or halt

    "Please stay the bloodshed!"

    Synonyms:
    quell, delay, bide, stick, last out, confine, hold up, ride out, persist, check, rest, appease, remain, stick around, abide, retard, stay on, stay put, outride, continue, detain

    Antonyms:
    move, quit, take leave, depart, change

12. 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, die hard, hang in, ride out, persist, hold on, rest, appease, prevail, persevere, bide, run, stick around, abide, endure, stay put, remain, outride, continue, detain

    Antonyms:
    depart, change, take leave, move, quit

13. last out, stay, ride out, outrideverb

    hang on during a trial of endurance

    "ride out the storm"

    Synonyms:
    quell, delay, bide, stick, last out, ride out, persist, rest, appease, stick around, abide, stay on, stay put, remain, outride, continue, detain

    Antonyms:
    quit, change, take leave, move, depart

14. stayverb

    stop a judicial process

    "The judge stayed the execution order"

    Synonyms:
    quell, delay, bide, stick, last out, ride out, persist, rest, appease, remain, stick around, abide, stay on, stay put, outride, continue, detain

    Antonyms:
    take leave, move, depart, quit, change

15. stayverb

    fasten with stays

    Synonyms:
    quell, delay, bide, stick, last out, ride out, persist, rest, appease, remain, stick around, abide, stay on, stay put, outride, continue, detain

    Antonyms:
    depart, change, quit, take leave, move

16. quell, stay, appeaseverb

    overcome or allay

    "quell my hunger"

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, last out, delay, bide, stick, squelch, lenify, placate, quell, gentle, abide, ride out, gruntle, persist, mollify, rest, appease, pacify, assuage, stick around, propitiate, stay on, stay put, quench, remain, outride, continue, detain

    Antonyms:
    move, change, quit, take leave, depart

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. stayverb

   Synonyms:
   sojourn, tarry, abide, dwell, lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent

2. stayverb

   Synonyms:
   remain, continue, stop, be fixed, stand still

3. stayverb

   Synonyms:
   wait, attend, delay, linger

4. stayverb

   Synonyms:
   stop, restrain, check, hold, withhold, curb, keep in, rein in

5. stayverb

   Synonyms:
   delay, obstruct, hinder

6. stayverb

   Synonyms:
   support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, shore up

7. staynoun

   Synonyms:
   sojourn, delay, halt, rest, repose, stop

8. staynoun

   Synonyms:
   hinderance, obstruction, interruption, obstacle, impediment, check, bar, restraint, curb, stumbling block

9. staynoun

   Synonyms:
   support, prop, staff, dependence, supporter, buttress

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. staynoun

   Synonyms:
   sojourn, abidance, stop, dependence, support, upholder, impediment, hindrance, obstruction, restraint

2. stayverb

   Synonyms:
   sojourn, tarry, lodge, remain, continue, abide, support, prop, buttress, brace, uphold, strengthen, delay, obstruct, hinder, restrain, appease, withhold, forbear, withstand, impede, retard

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1. List of paraphrases for "stay":

   remain, residence, staying, rest, remains, suspension, keep, exposure, reside, remainder, remnants, sojourn, stand, stick, permanence, stays, -stay, subsistence, sit, stayed, maintain, suspend, bracket, soggiorno, residency, be, continue

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1. Owen Tripp:

   Employees need ways to stay in the loop about their parents’ care, for employers, it's often about keeping people in the job for longer.

2. De La Cruz:

   Republican leadership tends to flood cash behind moderate candidates who will take orders from leadership, and they leave conservatives often gasping for oxygen—conservatives who are strong, viable candidates, but they leave them severely underfunded, i think leadership should stay out of primaries…when they get involved in primaries, they’re almost consistently wrong.

3. Mark Webber:

   I think he needs a couple more lieutenants, he needs to have less responsibility in the team and just more reassurance that the Monday to Friday stuff is going to be dealt with, seb's still has got it, but it's a real challenge to stay ahead against a Mercedes-Lewis Hamilton factor week in and week out.

4. Erica Roberts:

   Everyone is really on edge and contacting loved ones to let them know we are safe, i’m trying to stay in contact with all my friends on campus to make sure they are OK. Everyone is just terrified.

5. James Williams:

   We anticipate slow rig growth. However, that is with all of the caveats about oil prices, which must stay at or above the current level.