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| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visit |
| Synonyms: | break, halt, holiday, sojourn, stop, stopover, vacation |
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk, continue, dally, delay, endure, halt, hang, hang around, hover, lag, last, linger, loiter, nest, pause, perch, procrastinate, remain, reprieve, reside, respite, roost*, settle, sit tight*, sojourn, squat, stand, stop, sweat*, tarry, establish oneself, hang about, hang in, hang out, hold the fort, outstay, put down roots, stay out, stay put, stick around*, sweat it out |
| Antonyms: | advance, go, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hold, delay |
| Synonyms: | deferment, halt, pause, postponement, remission, reprieve, standstill, stop, stopping, suspension |
| Antonyms: | abet, advance, assist, go, help, leave |
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit |
| Synonyms: | bide, dwell, live, lodge, put up, sojourn, stop, tarry, be accommodated, stop over |
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support, underpinning |
| Synonyms: | brace, buttress, column, hold, prop, reinforcement, shore, stanchion, truss, shoring, underpropping |
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in abeyance |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, check, curb, defer, delay, detain, discontinue, halt, hinder, hold, impede, interrupt, obstruct, postpone, prevent, put off, shelve, stall, stop, suspend, hold over, intermit, prorogue, ward off |
| Main Entry: | adjourn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop a proceeding |
| Synonyms: | curb, defer, delay, discontinue, hold up, postpone, put off, recess, restrain, shelve, stay, suspend, hold off, hold over, prorogue |
| Antonyms: | begin, convene, convoke, encourage, further, open, rally, stimulate, urge, keep on |
| Main Entry: | adjournment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discontinuation or delay of a proceeding |
| Synonyms: | break, deferment, intermission, interruption, pause, postponement, recess, stay, suspension, deferral, prorogation, putting off |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, continuance |
| Main Entry: | anchor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something used to hold another thing securely |
| Synonyms: | ballast, bower, comfort, defense, fastener, foothold, grip, hold, hook, mainstay, mooring, pillar, protection, safeguard, security, staff, stay, support, grapnel, grappling iron, kedge, mud hook |
| Main Entry: | anchor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, be held securely |
| Synonyms: | attach, berth, catch, dock, drop, fasten, fix, moor, plant, secure, stay, tie, tie up, imbed, make port |
| Antonyms: | detach, loosen, unfasten, let go |
| Main Entry: | await |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait with expectation |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, attend, be prepared for, be ready for, cool one's heels, count on, hang around*, hang in, hang out*, hope, look for, look forward to, stay, sweat it out, sweat* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build plan or opinion on |
| Synonyms: | construct, depend, derive, establish, found, ground, hinge, locate, plant, predicate, prop, rest, set up, station, stay |
| 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: | bolster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, bear up, boost, brace, buck up, bulwark, buoy, buttress, carry, cushion, help, hold up, maintain, pick up, pillow, prop, reinforce, stay, strengthen, support, sustain, uphold, shore up |
| Antonyms: | hinder, obstruct, prevent, undermine, not support |
| Main Entry: | brace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | arm, band, bar, bearing, block, bolster, boom, bracket, buttress, clamp, girder, grip, guy, lever, mainstay, peg, prop, reinforcement, rib, shore, skid, splice, splint, staff, stanchion, stay, strut, truss, underpinning, vice, bracer, cantilever, rafter, stave, stirrup, strengthener, sustainer |
| Main Entry: | buttress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brace, support |
| Synonyms: | abutment, column, mainstay, pier, prop, reinforcement, shore, stanchion, stay, strut, underpinning |
| Main Entry: | cease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, conclude |
| Synonyms: | back off, break off, close, close out, culminate, desist, die, discontinue, drop, end, fail, finish, halt, knock off*, leave off, quit, refrain, shut down, stay, surcease, terminate, wind up*, bring to an end, call it a day, call it quits, come to an end, cut it out, give over, intermit, pack in, quit cold turkey |
| Notes: | cease means to put an end to a state or an activity, to stop - while seize means to take hold of, to grab |
| Antonyms: | begin, commence, continue, go, initiate, start, keep on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cessation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, break, breather*, cease, close, conclusion, discontinuance, downtime*, end, finish, freeze*, halt, halting, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff*, pause, recess, remission, respite, rest, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, termination, time off, time-out*, break-off, ceasing, cutoff, desistance, grinding halt, let-up, screaming halt |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dawdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay; waste time |
| Synonyms: | amble, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally*, drag, fool around*, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off*, hang around*, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey*, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair |
| Antonyms: | forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deferment/deferral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | postponement |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, delay, holdover*, moratorium, pause, stay, suspension, putting off |
| Antonyms: | advance, expedition, forging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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