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. Mayooran Elalingam:

   Long-term capital providers such as sovereign wealth funds and family offices will have a constructive role in China should the IPO markets remain shut down for an extended period.

2. Melinda French:

   Research indicates that people should wait at least a year, if not two to three, maybe even five years before entering back into a relationship after a marriage has ended, and so I hope that Melinda really does take that time. But the other interesting thing that research also indicates is women who divorce later in life tend to remain single more highly than men.

3. Shi Yinhong:

   Even if after the pandemic has passed, these problems will remain. They might be less emotionally charged by then, but they'll be there all the same, the memory( of the pandemic and its devastation) is so deep that I'm afraid( the scars) will remain in the hearts of a whole generation.

4. Captain Thomas Bruning:

   The Mergui made me realize that although the world is changing so rapidly, there are still places that remain untouched, virgin, unspoiled, sailing around the Mergui feels like you've found something that was lost. I'd call it one of the last paradises on Earth.

5. Johnny Heald:

   The evidence is that a lot of people are not excited about saying they want to remain: the passionate people here are those who want to leave. I think the status quo is less sexy but also less risky.