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Defenition of the word remain

    • Defenition of the word remain

      • To continue to be in the same place or state.
      • To stay the same; to remain in a certain state.
      • To be left (of persons, questions, issues, results, evidence, etc.).
      • stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • stay the same; remain in a certain state
      • be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
      • continue in a place, position, or situation
      • stay behind

    Synonyms for the word remain

      • continue
      • hang about
      • keep on
      • linger
      • persist
      • rest
      • stay
      • stay behind
      • stay on
      • stay put
      • wait

    Similar words in the remain

      • remain
      • remaindered
      • remainders
      • remained
      • remaining
      • remains

    Hyponyms for the word remain

      • abide
      • be
      • bide
      • hold over
      • keep
      • keep out
      • linger
      • sit tight
      • stand
      • stay
      • stay fresh
      • stay together
      • stick
      • stick together

    Hypernyms for the word remain

      • be

    Antonyms for the word remain

      • change

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