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  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  stay
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A remaining in a place as a guest or lodger.
Synonyms:  sojourn, visit
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  stay
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To remain as a guest or lodger.
Synonyms:  lodge, sojourn, visit
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  stay
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  abide, appease, arrest, bide, block, brace, bunk, cable, column, continue, curb, defer, deferment, delay, detain, dwell, endure, fasten, halt, hold, linger, live, lodge, pause, permanence, persist, postpone, prop, remain, reprieve, reside, rest, restrain, rope, satisfy, secure, settle, sojourn, stand, stem, stop, stopover, strut, support, suspend, sustain, tarry, truss, visit, wait
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  defer
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To put off until a later time.
Synonyms:  adjourn, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, suspend, table, waive
Idioms:  put on ice
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  delay
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The act of putting off or the condition of being put off.
Synonyms:  adjournment, deferment, deferral, postponement, suspension, waiver
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  endure
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time.
Synonyms:  abide, continue, go on, hold out, last, persist, remain
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  keep
Part of Speech:  phrasal verb
Definition:  To persevere in some condition, action, or belief.
Synonyms:  maintain, retain
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  pause
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave.
Synonyms:  abide, bide, linger, tarry, wait
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  remain
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To continue to be in a place.
Synonyms:  abide, bide, linger, tarry, wait
Idioms:  stay put
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  stop
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The act of stopping.
Synonyms:  cessation, check, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt, stoppage, surcease

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Cite This Source   Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 
Cite This Source   Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
 

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