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| Main Entry: | continue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persist, carry on |
| Synonyms: | abide, advance, carry forward, draw out, endure, extend, forge ahead, get on with it, go on, hang in, keep at, keep on, keep on truckin', keep the ball rolling, keep up, last, lengthen, linger, live on, loiter, maintain, make headway, move ahead, never cease, outlast, outlive, perdure, persevere, persist in, press on, progress, project, prolong, promote, pursue, push on, reach, remain, rest, ride, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick at, stick to, survive, sustain, uphold |
| Antonyms: | cease, complete, desist, discontinue, end, finish, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | continue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin again; resume |
| Synonyms: | carry on, pick up, proceed, recapitulate, reestablish, reinstate, renew, restore, take up, begin over, begin where one left off, carry over, go on with, recommence, reinstitute, reopen, restart, return to |
| Antonyms: | complete, desist, discontinue, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | abide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remain or continue in a state |
| Synonyms: | continue, endure, last, persevere, persist, remain, survive, keep on |
| Antonyms: | leave, quit, refuse, stop |
| Main Entry: | add |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjoin, increase; make further comment |
| Synonyms: | affix, annex, ante, append, augment, beef up*, boost, build up, continue, figure in, hike, include, pad, parlay, reply, spike, step up, supplement, sweeten*, tag, charge up, cue in, flesh out, heat up, hike up, hitch on, hook on, hook up with, jack up, jazz up, join together, piggyback, plug into, pour it on, run up*, say further, slap on, snowball, soup up, speed up, tack on |
| Notes: | ad is short for advertisement while add means 'to join or unite' so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deduct, diminish, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, act, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive, be alive, have being, have place |
| Main Entry: | bide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, attend, await, continue, dwell, hang around, linger, live, remain, reside, sit tight*, stay, tarry, hang in, hang out*, hold the phone, lie in wait, stick around, sweat it, watch for |
| Antonyms: | go, hurry, move |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cling |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach to |
| Synonyms: | adhere, cherish, clasp, clutch, cohere, continue, embrace, endure, fasten, grasp, grip, hug, last, linger, squeeze, stick, be true to, cleave to, freeze to, hang in, hang onto, hold fast, stay put, stick like glue |
| Antonyms: | detach, unfasten, let go |
| Main Entry: | drag on/drag out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend time of action |
| Synonyms: | continue, draw out, endure, extend, lengthen, persist, prolong, protract, go on slowly, keep going, spin out, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | complete |
| Main Entry: | draw out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prolong |
| Synonyms: | attract, continue, drag, drag out, elongate, extend, lengthen, protract, pull, spin, stretch, tug, lead on, make longer, prolongate, spin out*, string out |
| Antonyms: | clip, shorten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dwell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live in |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk*, continue, crash*, establish oneself, exist, flop*, hang one's hat, hang out*, hole up*, inhabit, keep house, locate, lodge, make one's home, nest, occupy, park*, perch*, pitch tent, quarter, remain, rent, reside, rest, room, roost*, settle, sojourn, squat*, stay, stop, tarry, tenant, tent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dwell on/dwell upon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | linger over; be engrossed in |
| Synonyms: | consider, continue, elaborate, emphasize, expatiate, harp on*, involve oneself, tarry over |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, miss, pass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be living |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, breathe, continue, endure, happen, last, lie, live, move, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, subsist, survive, be extant, be latent, be present |
| Antonyms: | die |
| Main Entry: | extend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make larger, longer |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up*, boost, broaden, carry on, continue, crane, develop, dilate, drag one's feet, drag out, draw, draw out, elongate, enhance, enlarge, expand, fan out, go on, heighten, increase, last, lengthen, let out, magnify, mantle, multiply, open, pad, prolong, prolongate, protract, run on, spin out, spread, spread out, stall, stretch, string out, supplement, take, unfold, unfurl, unroll, widen |
| Antonyms: | abridge, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppose action, belief |
| Synonyms: | argue, bicker, buck*, buckle down*, carry on, combat, conduct, contest, continue, defy, dispute, effect, endure, fall out, force, further, hassle, lay into*, maintain, oppose, persevere, persist, prosecute, repel, resist, row, squabble, strive, struggle, support, take on, travail, traverse, uphold, wage, withstand, wrangle, engage in, exert oneself, hammer away, light into*, make a stand against, push forward, put up an argument, spare no effort, stand up to, take pains, tangle with, toil on |
| Antonyms: | agree, believe, support, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | issue, surge, run out |
| Synonyms: | abound, arise, brim, cascade, circulate, continue, course, deluge, discharge, dribble, ebb, emanate, emerge, emit, exude, flood, glide, gurgle, gush, inundate, jet, leak, move, ooze, overflow, pass, percolate, pour, proceed, progress, regurgitate, result, ripple, roll, rush, slide, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spring, spurt, sputter, squirt, stream, sweep, swell, swirl, teem, trickle, tumble, void, disembogue, exudate, pullulate, smooth along, well forth |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | operate, function |
| Synonyms: | act, carry on, click*, continue, flourish, maintain, make out, move, pan out*, perform, persist, prosper, run, score, succeed, thrive, work |
| Antonyms: | break |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go ahead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | proceed |
| Synonyms: | advance, begin, continue, go on, progress, dash ahead, edge forward, go forward, move on, shoot ahead |
| Antonyms: | cease, discontinue, finish, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | hammer away/hammer into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work hard at |
| Synonyms: | continue, drudge, drum into*, endeavor, grind*, instruct, persevere, persist, repeat, work, drive home, drub into, grind into, impress upon, keep on, peg away, plug away, pound away, stick to, try hard, try repeatedly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend; provide for |
| Synonyms: | administer, attend, board, carry on, command, conduct, continue, defend, direct, endure, feed, foster, guard, maintain, manage, mind, nourish, nurture, operate, ordain, protect, provision, run, safeguard, shelter, shield, subsidize, support, sustain, care for, look after, minister to, victual, watch over |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | keep up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maintain, sustain |
| Synonyms: | balance, compete, contend, continue, emulate, go on, match, pace, persevere, preserve, rival, vie, hold on, keep pace, keep step, run with |
| Antonyms: | neglect, let go |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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