Need another word that means the same as “remain”? Find 42 synonyms and 30 related words for “remain” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Remain” are: rest, stay, continue, stay on, persist, continue to exist, endure, last, abide, go on, carry on, hang in the air, stay around, stay round, stand, be extant, hold out, prevail, survive, live on, surviving, persisting, still existing, stay behind, stay put, wait, wait around, linger, be left, hold on, hang on, stop, continue to be, keep, persist in being, carry on being, go on being, be left over, be still available, be unused, to be done, undone
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “remain” as a verb can have the following definitions:
abide | (of a feeling or memory) continue without fading or being lost. At least one memory will abide. |
be extant | Have an existence be extant. |
be left | To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form. |
be left over | Be priced at. |
be still available | Have life, be alive. |
be unused | Happen, occur, take place. |
carry on | Take further or advance. |
carry on being | Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve. |
continue | Continue after an interruption. They have indicated their willingness to continue in office. |
continue to be | Continue in a place, position, or situation. |
continue to exist | Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature. |
endure | Continue to live and avoid dying. It seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain. |
go on | Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically. |
go on being | Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point. |
hang in the air | Fall or flow in a certain way. |
hang on | Place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction. |
hold on | Keep from exhaling or expelling. |
hold out | Contain or hold; have within. |
keep | Keep in a certain state position or activity. The family s fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff. |
last | Continue to live through hardship or adversity. The bad weather lasted for three days. |
linger | Be slow to disappear or die. Her perfume lingered on. |
live on | Have life, be alive. |
persist | Be persistent refuse to stop. The minority of drivers who persist in drinking. |
persist in being | Stay behind. |
persisting | Continue to exist. |
prevail | Persuade (someone) to do something. The champion prevailed though it was a hard fight. |
rest | Give a rest to. He rested his bad leg. |
stand | Withstand the force of something. Will your cooker stand the strain of the festive season. |
stay | Stay the same remain in a certain state. The judge stayed the execution order. |
stay around | Dwell. |
stay behind | Stay behind. |
stay on | Stop or halt. |
stay put | Stay put in a certain place. |
stay round | Stop a judicial process. |
still existing | Lessen the intensity of or calm. |
stop | Stop moving or operating. A campaign is under way to stop the bombers. |
survive | Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc. He was survived by his wife and six children. |
surviving | Live longer than. |
to be done | Form or compose. |
undone | Deprive of certain characteristics. |
wait | Wait before acting. We re waiting for Allan to get back. |
wait around | Wait before acting. |
ceaseless | Constant and unending. The fort was subjected to ceaseless bombardment. |
consistent | Marked by an orderly logical and aesthetically consistent relation of parts. The parents are being consistent and firm in their reactions. |
constant | A quantity or parameter that does not change its value whatever the value of the variables, under a given set of conditions. A constant friend. |
continually | Repeated frequently in the same way; regularly. This information is continually updated. |
continue | Continue a certain state condition or activity. Discussions continued throughout the year. |
continuous | Forming a series with no exceptions or reversals. A continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it. |
eternal | Tiresomely long; seemingly without end. Eternal quarreling. |
ever | At all times all the time and on every occasion. She was ever so friendly. |
everlasting | Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. Life everlasting. |
forever | A very long time (used hyperbolically. She took forever to write the paper. |
grinding | A harsh and strident sound as of the grinding of gears. The roasting and grinding of grain usually barley for use in brewing. |
immortal | An immortal being especially a god of ancient Greece or Rome. Shakespeare is one of the immortals. |
incessant | Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing. The incessant beat of the music. |
incessantly | Without interruption. She talked about him incessantly. |
lag | Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss. A time lag between infection and symptoms. |
linger | Be slow to disappear or die. We are thankful that she didn t linger on and suffer. |
onwards | In a forward direction. |
persevere | Be persistent, refuse to stop. His family persevered with his treatment. |
persist | Be persistent refuse to stop. If the symptoms persist for more than a few days then contact your doctor. |
residual | A difference between a value measured in a scientific experiment and the theoretical or true value. She has been awarded more than 4 5 million in residuals and profits from the highly successful television show. |
rest | Rest on or as if on a pillow. The car accelerates rapidly from rest. |
sojourn | Stay somewhere temporarily. Her sojourn in Rome. |
stay | Stay the same remain in a certain state. Stay alone. |
tarry | Having the characteristics of pitch or tar. A length of tarry rope. |
timeless | Unaffected by time. Antiques add to the timeless atmosphere of the dining room. |
unaltered | Remaining in an original state. Persisting unaltered through time. |
unceasingly | With unflagging resolve. |
unchanged | Not made or become different. An unchanged side for tonight s home game. |
unchecked | Not restrained or controlled. An unchecked temper. |
unvaried | Lacking variety. A plain unvaried diet. |
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