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| Main Entry: | remain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stay, wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk*, cling, continue, delay, dwell, endure, freeze, go on, halt, hang, hover, inhabit, last, linger, live, lodge, nest, outlast, outlive, pause, perch, persist, prevail, reside, rest, roost, sit tight*, sojourn, squat, stand, stop, survive, tarry, visit, wait, be left, bivouac, hang out, hold over, hold the fort, keep on, make camp, put on hold, remain standing, sit out, sit through, stay behind, stay in, stay over, stay put, stick around |
| Antonyms: | depart, forge, go, leave, move |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remains |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remaining part |
| Synonyms: | debris, detritus, remainder, remnant, residue, rest, scraps, leavings, leftovers, remnants |
| 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: | 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: | hang on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, endure |
| Synonyms: | carry on, cling, clutch, go on, grasp, grip, hold out, persevere, persist, remain, be tough, hold fast, hold on |
| Antonyms: | cease, stop, give up, let go |
| Main Entry: | keep at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, endure |
| Synonyms: | carry on, complete, drudge, finish, grind, labor, last, maintain, persevere, persist, remain, slave, stay, stick, toil, be steadfast |
| Antonyms: | discontinue, give in, give up |
| Main Entry: | outlast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure beyond another |
| Synonyms: | hang on, outlive, remain, survive, outstay, outwear |
| Antonyms: | fail, fall apart, lose, peter out, shoot, succumb |
| Main Entry: | outlive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outlast |
| Synonyms: | continue, endure, hang on, prevail, remain, survive, outstay |
| Main Entry: | persevere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep at; work hard |
| Synonyms: | carry on, continue, endure, go for it*, go on, hang tough*, maintain, persist, proceed, pursue, remain, be determined, be resolved, be stubborn, go for broke, hang in, hold fast, hold on, keep driving, keep going, keep on, leave no stone unturned, plug away, press on, see it through, stand firm, stay the course, stick with it |
| Antonyms: | idle, leave, quit, stop, be lazy, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | persist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry on, carry through |
| Synonyms: | abide, continue, endure, follow through*, follow up*, go on, grind, insist, keep up*, last, linger, obtain, persevere, prevail, pursue, recur, remain, repeat, strive, be resolute, be stubborn, go all the way, go the limit, hold on, leave no stone unturned, perdure, perseverate, see through, stick it out, stick to guns, tough it out |
| Antonyms: | cease, leave, quit, stop, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reside |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live or exist in |
| Synonyms: | abide, be intrinsic to, be vested, bide, consist, continue, crash*, dig*, dwell, endure, hang one's hat, inhabit, inhere, lie, locate, lodge, nest, occupy, park*, people, perch, populate, remain, rest with, roost, settle, sojourn, squat, stay, take up residence, tenant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withstand, oppose |
| Synonyms: | abide, antagonize, assail, assault, battle, bear, brook, buck, check, combat, confront, contend, continue, counteract, curb, defy, dispute, duel, endure, fight back, forbear, forgo, hinder, hold, maintain, persevere, persist, prevent, refrain, refuse, remain, repel, stay, stonewall*, suffer, thwart, traverse, turn down, weather, abstain from, countervail, die hard, hold off, hold out against, keep from, leave alone, put up a fight, remain firm, stand up to, struggle against |
| Antonyms: | comply, conform, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subsist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep going, living |
| Synonyms: | be, breathe, continue, endure, exist, get along*, get by*, hang on*, hang tough*, last, live, manage, move, remain, survive, sustain, barely exist, eke out a living, eke out an existence, hang in, just make it, make ends meet, make it, remain alive, ride out*, scrape by, stay alive, stick it out, stick with it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | survive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue to live |
| Synonyms: | bear, carry on, come through, endure, exist, get on, handle, hold out, keep, last, live, make the cut*, outlast, outlive, persevere, persist, pull through, recover, remain, revive, subsist, suffer, sustain, weather, withstand, be extant, be left, carry through, cut it, get through, go all the way, go the limit, keep afloat, live down, live on, live out, live through, make a comeback, outwear, pull out of it, remain alive, ride out*, see through, stand up, tough it out |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
| Antonyms: | cease, die |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tarry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, dally, drag, drag one's feet, dwell, filibuster, get no place fast, goof around, hang around*, hold the phone, lag, linger, lodge, loiter, lose time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, remain, rest, sojourn, stall, stay, stick around, stop, stop over, tail, take one's time, temporize, tool*, trail, visit, wait, warm a chair |
| Antonyms: | carry on, complete, finish, go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wait |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pause, rest |
| Synonyms: | abide, anticipate, await, bide, bide one's time, cool it, dally, delay, expect, fill time, foresee, hang around*, hang onto your hat, hang out, hang*, hold back, hold everything, hold on, hold the phone, hole up*, keep shirt on, lie in wait, lie low, linger, look for, look forward to, mark time*, put on hold, remain, save it, sit tight*, sit up for, stall, stand by, stay, stay up for, stick around*, sweat it, tarry, watch |
| Antonyms: | carry out, do, forge, forward, go, go ahead |
* = 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: | 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: | 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: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend or be suspended |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, bend, bow, cling, cover, dangle, deck, decorate, depend, drape, drift, droop, drop, fasten, fix, flap, float, flop, furnish, hold, hover, incline, lean, loll, lop, lower, nail, overhang, pin, project, remain, rest, sag, stick, swing, tack, trail, wave, be fastened, be in mid-air, be loose, be pendent, be poised, beetle, impend, stay up |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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