Synonyms for stay
Another word for stay is stop, check or arrest. Below are 21 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: stayed, stayer, staying.
1. noun: continuing or remaining in a place or state
2. noun: the state of inactivity following an interruption
- stop synonyms
- check synonyms
- arrest synonyms
- halt synonyms
- hitch synonyms
- stoppage synonyms
3. noun: a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
4. noun: a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
5. noun: (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
6. verb: stay the same; remain in a certain state
- rest synonyms
- remain synonyms
Antonyms
7. verb: be in a certain place and not leave
- stay put
- remain synonyms
- stick synonyms
- stick around synonyms
- persist synonyms
Antonyms
- move synonyms
- depart synonyms
8. verb: dwell
- abide synonyms
- bide
9. verb: continue in a place, position, or situation
- stay on
- continue synonyms
- remain synonyms
10. verb: stop or halt
- delay synonyms
- detain synonyms
11. verb: hang on during a trial of endurance
- last out
- ride out
- outride
12. verb: stop a judicial process
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- act synonyms
- visit synonyms
- human action
- human activity
- deed synonyms
- sojourn
- stopover
- layover
- inaction
- inactivity synonyms
- logjam
- inactiveness
- countercheck
- order synonyms
- stay of execution
- decree synonyms
- fiat
- edict synonyms
- rescript
- strip synonyms
- slip synonyms
- brace synonyms
- jumper stay
- bracing synonyms
- forestay
- backstay
- keep synonyms
- keep out
- stand synonyms
- stay together
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Questions people ask
What is another word for stay?
You can say stop, check, arrest, halt or hitch instead of stay. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "continuing or remaining in a place or state".
What is the opposite of stay?
The opposite of stay is change, move or depart.
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