Stay

//steɪ//

Synonyms for "stay" (696 found)

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Closest matches (140)

abide arrest await bear bide cancel cease continue curb endure last out persist sojourn wait abandon abeyance abort adhere adjourn advocate

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Verb(19 words)

abide continue remain behedge cease stick with absolve appease attend attend to await bear beleave bestand bide blin brake break a lance cancel

Noun(3 words)

arrest bone check

Intj(1 words)

avast

Strong matches (208)

cluster coagulate coast cocktail hour coffee break cohabit cohere colonize column come to anchor confine congeal congest conglomerate constipate contend continue to be cork corselet corset

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countercheck cover cradle crook crutch curb bit cushion cut it out cut short cutoff dally dam dam up damper dawdle day off dead stop deadlock debarment decelerate defeat time defer deferment deferral defy time delay delayage delayed reaction depend desist detain detention deter determent deterrence dillydally discontinuance discontinuation discontinue discourage discouragement domesticate domicile domiciliate doorstop doss down double take downtime drag drag on drag out drag sail dragging draw rein drift anchor drift sail drogue drop drop anchor drop it dwell ease off ease up embrace end endgame ending enforced respite ensconce establish establish residence estoppel exemption exist extend fetter fill fill up final whistle foil forbiddance foreclosure forestalling forestay foul found foundation garment freeze freeze to fulcrum full stop gird girdle give over give support go along go on grasp grinding halt ground grow together gun guy guywire halt hamper hang hang about hang around hang fire hang on hang out hang together hang up hang-up happy hour have done with hesitation hinder hindrance hive hold hold back hold everything hold in check hold off hold on hold out hold over hold steady hold together hold up hold your horses holdback holdup holiday hug immunity impede impunity indemnity inhabit interim interlude intermezzo intermission intermit intermittence interrupt interruption interval jam jock jockstrap jog on keep keep afloat keep back keep going

Verb(27 words)

complete consummate contend curb delay desist detain dilly-dally discontinue do for end endure expect forset frustrate halt hamshackle hold down hold one's horses hold one's pee

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hold one's piss hold one's water hold tight hurt incommode inhibit keep

Noun(2 words)

halt hitch

Related words (348)

keep house keep on keep one's word keep quiet keep up knock it off lag lagging lapse last last long lay aside lay by lay off lay over layoff layover leave off lend support let down

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let up letup lie still line linger live live at live on live through locate lockout lodge logjam loiter lose ground lose momentum lose speed lull mainstay maintain maintainer make late mark time martingale mass mast mastrope moderate moor moratorium move neck nest never cease nip in the bud nolle prosequi non prosequitur nonprosecution not breathe not stir obstipate obstruct obstruction obviation occupy pack paperasserie park parts pause pelham people perch perdure perennate pigeonhole pillow plug plug up populate post postpone postponement preclusion predicate prevail prevent prevention procrastinate prohibition prolong prop prorogate prorogue protract protraction pull up push aside put aside put off put on ice put paid to quell quit recess red tape red-tapeism red-tapery reef refrain rein rein in reinforce reinforcement reinforcer relax relinquish relocate remain remain motionless remission remit remora renounce repose reprieve reserve reside residence respite rest resting place restraint retard retardance retardation rigging room roost rope run run on scotch scrub sea anchor secure set set aside set back set by set up housekeeping set up shop settle settle down shackle shelve shift off shore shore up shoulder shroud sit down sit down strike sit tight sit up sit up for sit-down strike slack off slack up slacken sleep on slog on slow slow down slow up slow-up slowdown slowness snaffle sojournment solidify spell spile spine spoke sprit squat staff stagger on stalemate stall stanch stand stand down stand fast stand firm stand over stand still stand-down standing rigging standoff standstill stave stave off stay at stay of execution stay on stay over stay put stay up stay up for stayover stays stem stem the tide stench stick stick around stick fast stick together stiffener stillstand stop stop cold stop dead stop over stop short stop up stop-off stopover stoppage stopper stopping stopple strengthen strengthener stretch out strike strike root stuff stuff up stymie subsidize subsist subvention support supporter surcease survive suspend suspension sustain sustainer sweat sweat it out sweat out table take a recess take hold of take in sail take residence at take root take time take up residence tarry tea break tenant terminate throttle throttle down thwart tide over tie up tie-up time lag time out trammel tread water truce underbrace undergird underlie underpin underpinning underset upbear uphold upholder upkeep vacation visit wait a minute wait and see wait for wait on wait up for waive walking stick walkout ward watch watch and wait wear wear well work stoppage

Verb(39 words)

kick the can down the road last out limit outride persevere persist prop up quell rely repress resist rest ride out roll back serve sleep over sojourn stand by stand firm stay on

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stay put stick stick around stifle stint stop stop off subdue suppress swike take a stand terminate underbring uphold wait wait for wait on wind up withstrain

Noun(4 words)

mastrope sojourn stop stoppage

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

44 entries

act be block brace bracing check conform to continue decree deed delay edict exist fasten fiat fill

Showing 16 of 44 words.

More specific

4 entries

backstay forestay mainstay triatic stay

Antonyms

5 entries

change come depart leave move

Synonyms

19 entries

abide arrest attend await bear bide blin cancel cease contend continue curb endure last out mastrope persist

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Related terms

8 entries

abide belive continue dwell live remain reside tarry

derived

67 entries

bestay bobstay chain stay forestay forstay funnel stay gainstay gay for the stay here to stay jackstay miss stays offstay onstay outstay overstay pay to stay

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distinct from

5 entries

go going leave move moving

etymologically related_to

5 entries

stake stead steady stick sty

has context

9 entries

aave chain cable dialectal law nautical seafaring uk us south used with on or upon

is a

5 entries

act brace decree standing rigging strip

manner of

5 entries

be check fasten stay in place stop

related to

107 entries

abide abode action ascending attendant await being being still belive break caution cease ceremonious cessation change check

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Translations

345 translations across 92 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

qëndroj verb (to remain in a particular place)
rri verb (to remain in a particular place)
shtyj verb (to postpone)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

μονή noun (residence — see also sojourn)
ἐπιδημία noun (residence — see also sojourn)
μένω verb (to remain in a particular place)
μένω verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

Arabic

4 entries

إِقَامَة noun (residence — see also sojourn)
بقي verb (to remain in a particular place)
بقي verb (to remain in a particular place)
بَقِيَ verb (to remain in a particular place)

Armenian

2 entries

մնալ verb (to remain in a particular place)
մնալ verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

Aromanian

1 entries

armãn verb (to remain in a particular place)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

durmaq verb (to remain in a particular place)
qalmaq verb (to remain in a particular place)

Belarusian

4 entries

по́быт noun (residence — see also sojourn)
прабыва́нне noun (residence — see also sojourn)
заста́цца verb (to remain in a particular place)
застава́цца verb (to remain in a particular place)

Bengali

4 entries

থাকা verb (to remain in a particular place)
থাকা verb (to continue to have a particular quality)
রওয়া verb (to remain in a particular place)
রয়ে যাওয়া verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

Breton

3 entries

ampellat verb (to postpone)
chom verb (to remain in a particular place)
chom verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

Bulgarian

4 entries

банел noun (piece of stiff material to stiffen a piece of clothing)
окачалка noun (hook, clasp, anything to hang another thing on)
опора noun (prop, support)
отла́гане noun (postponement, esp. of a punishment)

Burmese

1 entries

နေ verb (to remain in a particular place)

Catalan

3 entries

estai noun (nautical: strong rope supporting a mast)
quedar-se verb (to remain in a particular place)
restar verb (to remain in a particular place)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎡᏙᎮᏍᏗᏉᎠ verb (to remain in a particular place)

Cheyenne

1 entries

sétoo'e verb (to remain in a particular place)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

停留 noun (residence — see also sojourn)
旅居 noun (residence — see also sojourn)
呆 verb (to remain in a particular place)
留 verb (to remain in a particular place)

Czech

4 entries

odklad noun (postponement, esp. of a punishment)
odložení noun (postponement, esp. of a punishment)
odročení noun (postponement, esp. of a punishment)
pobyt noun (residence — see also sojourn)

Danish

1 entries

blive verb (to remain in a particular place)

Dutch

4 entries

stag noun (nautical: strong rope supporting a mast)
uitstel noun (postponement, esp. of a punishment)
verblijf noun (residence — see also sojourn)
blijven verb (to remain in a particular place)

Esperanto

4 entries

restado noun (residence — see also sojourn)
stajo noun (nautical: strong rope supporting a mast)
prokrasti verb (to postpone)
resti verb (to remain in a particular place)

Estonian

4 entries

viivitus noun (postponement, esp. of a punishment)
jääma verb (to remain in a particular place)
jääma verb (to continue to have a particular quality)
viibima verb (to remain in a particular place)

Finnish

4 entries

ankkurointipaikka noun (nautical: station or fixed anchorage for vessels)
este noun (hindrance, let, check)
harus noun (guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element)
käynti noun (residence — see also sojourn)

French

4 entries

séjour noun (residence — see also sojourn)
demeurer verb (to remain in a particular place)
rester verb (to remain in a particular place)
rester verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

Friulian

2 entries

restâ verb (to remain in a particular place)
stâ verb (to remain in a particular place)

Galician

4 entries

esteo noun (prop, support)
ficar verb (to remain in a particular place)
ficar verb (to continue to have a particular quality)
parar verb (to remain in a particular place)

Georgian

2 entries

გაჩერება verb (to remain in a particular place)
დარჩენა verb (to remain in a particular place)

German

4 entries

Abspannung noun (guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element)
Ankerbolzen noun (transverse piece in a chain-cable link)
Aufenthalt noun (residence — see also sojourn)
Aussetzung noun (postponement, esp. of a punishment)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 verb (to remain in a particular place)

Greek

3 entries

αναβάλλω verb (to postpone)
μένω verb (to remain in a particular place)
μένω verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

Hebrew

2 entries

שהות noun (residence — see also sojourn)
נִשְׁאַר verb (to remain in a particular place)

Hindi

2 entries

ठहरना verb (to remain in a particular place)
रहना verb (to remain in a particular place)

Hungarian

4 entries

tartózkodás noun (residence — see also sojourn)
elhalaszt verb (to postpone)
felfüggeszt verb (to postpone)
halaszt verb (to postpone)

Icelandic

3 entries

dvelja verb (to remain in a particular place)
haldast verb (to continue to have a particular quality)
vera verb (to remain in a particular place)

Irish

1 entries

fan verb (to remain in a particular place)

Istriot

1 entries

stà verb (to remain in a particular place)

Italian

4 entries

permanenza noun (residence — see also sojourn)
strallo noun (nautical: strong rope supporting a mast)
strallo noun (guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element)
tirante noun (nautical: strong rope supporting a mast)

Japanese

4 entries

滞在 noun (residence — see also sojourn)
滞留 noun (residence — see also sojourn)
とどまる verb (to remain in a particular place)
とまる verb (to remain in a particular place)

Judeo-Italian

1 entries

אַלְבֵירְגַארֵי verb (to remain in a particular place)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

mora verb (to remain in a particular place)

Kazakh

1 entries

қалу verb (to remain in a particular place)

Khmer

2 entries

ឋិត verb (to remain in a particular place)
ប្រថាប់ verb (to remain in a particular place)

Korean

4 entries

체류 noun (residence — see also sojourn)
체재 noun (residence — see also sojourn)
머무르다 verb (to remain in a particular place)
묵다 verb (to remain in a particular place)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

калуу verb (to remain in a particular place)

Lao

2 entries

ປະທັບ verb (to remain in a particular place)
ຢູ່ verb (to remain in a particular place)

Latin

4 entries

maneō verb (to remain in a particular place)
sto verb (to continue to have a particular quality)
stō verb (to remain in a particular place)
teneo verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

Latvian

1 entries

palikt verb (to remain in a particular place)

Lithuanian

4 entries

pabuvimas noun (residence — see also sojourn)
viešėjimas noun (residence — see also sojourn)
likti verb (to continue to have a particular quality)
pasilikti verb (to remain in a particular place)

Lombard

1 entries

stà verb (to remain in a particular place)

Lushootseed

1 entries

baʔs verb (to remain in a particular place)

Macedonian

3 entries

престој noun (residence — see also sojourn)
остане verb (to remain in a particular place)
останува verb (to remain in a particular place)

Malay

1 entries

tinggal verb (to remain in a particular place)

Middle English

1 entries

lenden verb (to remain in a particular place)

Māori

4 entries

hōkai noun (prop, support)
hōngai noun (prop, support)
pūrengi noun (prop, support)
pūrengi noun (nautical: strong rope supporting a mast)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

huêshi verb (to remain in a particular place)

Norman

2 entries

rester verb (to remain in a particular place)
rester verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

North Frisian

3 entries

bliiv verb (to remain in a particular place)
bliiw verb (to remain in a particular place)
bliwe verb (to remain in a particular place)

Norwegian

4 entries

bli verb (to remain in a particular place)
bli verb (to continue to have a particular quality)
forbli verb (to remain in a particular place)
forbli verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

opphold noun (residence — see also sojourn)

Occitan

1 entries

demorar verb (to remain in a particular place)

Old English

3 entries

belīfan verb (to remain in a particular place)
bīdan verb (to remain in a particular place)
wunian verb (to remain in a particular place)

Oromo

1 entries

turuu verb (to remain in a particular place)

Persian

2 entries

هاچه noun (prop, support)
ماندن verb (to remain in a particular place)

Polish

4 entries

pobyt noun (residence — see also sojourn)
sztag noun (nautical: strong rope supporting a mast)
pozostawać verb (to remain in a particular place)
pozostać verb (to remain in a particular place)

Portuguese

4 entries

estada noun (residence — see also sojourn)
estadia noun (residence — see also sojourn)
estai noun (nautical: strong rope supporting a mast)
estai noun (guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element)

Quechua

1 entries

takuy verb (to remain in a particular place)

Romani

1 entries

aćhel verb (to remain in a particular place)

Romanian

4 entries

amâna verb (to postpone)
rămâne verb (to remain in a particular place)
rămâne, dăinui verb (to continue to have a particular quality)
sta verb (to remain in a particular place)

Russian

4 entries

отсро́чка noun (postponement, esp. of a punishment)
пребыва́ние noun (residence — see also sojourn)
оста́ться verb (to remain in a particular place)
оста́ться verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

Sanskrit

3 entries

गाधते verb (to remain in a particular place)
तिष्ठति verb (to remain in a particular place)
तिष्ठति verb (to continue to have a particular quality)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bòravak noun (residence — see also sojourn)
бо̀равак noun (residence — see also sojourn)
òstati verb (to remain in a particular place)
о̀стати verb (to remain in a particular place)

Sicilian

1 entries

stari verb (to remain in a particular place)

Slovak

2 entries

pobyt noun (residence — see also sojourn)
zostať verb (to remain in a particular place)

Slovene

3 entries

bivanje noun (residence — see also sojourn)
ostajati verb (to remain in a particular place)
ostati verb (to remain in a particular place)

Southern Altai

1 entries

калар verb (to remain in a particular place)

Spanish

4 entries

estada noun (residence — see also sojourn)
estadía noun (residence — see also sojourn)
estalaje noun (residence — see also sojourn)
estancia noun (residence — see also sojourn)

Swahili

1 entries

kukaa verb (to remain in a particular place)

Swedish

4 entries

anstånd noun (postponement, esp. of a punishment)
avbrott noun (stop, halt, break of action)
fäste noun (hook, clasp, anything to hang another thing on)
stag noun (nautical: strong rope supporting a mast)

Tagalog

1 entries

manatili verb (to remain in a particular place)

Tajik

1 entries

мондан verb (to remain in a particular place)

Tatar

1 entries

калырга verb (to remain in a particular place)

Thai

2 entries

คงอยู่ verb (to remain in a particular place)
อยู่ verb (to remain in a particular place)

Tocharian B

1 entries

sāk verb (to remain in a particular place)

Turkish

2 entries

durmak verb (to remain in a particular place)
kalmak verb (to remain in a particular place)

Turkmen

1 entries

durmak verb (to remain in a particular place)

Ukrainian

4 entries

перебува́ння noun (residence — see also sojourn)
по́бут noun (residence — see also sojourn)
пробува́ння noun (residence — see also sojourn)
затри́муватися verb (to remain in a particular place)

Urdu

1 entries

رہنا verb (to remain in a particular place)

Uyghur

2 entries

تۇرماق verb (to remain in a particular place)
قالماق verb (to remain in a particular place)

Uzbek

2 entries

qolmoq verb (to remain in a particular place)
turmoq verb (to remain in a particular place)

Venetan

1 entries

star verb (to remain in a particular place)

Vietnamese

1 entries

ở verb (to remain in a particular place)

Yakut

1 entries

хаал verb (to remain in a particular place)

Yiddish

1 entries

בלײַבן verb (to remain in a particular place)

Zazaki

1 entries

vınden verb (to remain in a particular place)

Sample sentences

81 total sentences available.

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How long did you stay?

Source: tatoeba (1373)

I'm sorry, I can't stay long.

Source: tatoeba (1541)

I'd like to stay for one night.

Source: tatoeba (1660)

I have so much work that I will stay for one more hour.

Source: tatoeba (1757)

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