Synonyms for stay


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : stey
Phonetic Transcription : steɪ

Top 10 synonyms for stay Other synonyms for the word stay

Définition of stay

Origin :
  • "to remain," mid-15c., from Middle French estai-, stem of ester "to stay or stand," from Old French, from Latin stare "to stand" (cf. Italian stare, Spanish estar "to stand, to be"), from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Originally "come to a halt;" sense of "remain" is first recorded 1570s.
  • Noun senses of "appliance for stopping," "period of remaining in a place," and (judicial) "suspension of proceeding" all developed 1525-1550. Stay-at-home (adj.) is from 1806. Stay put is first recorded 1843, American English. "To stay put is to keep still, remain in order. A vulgar expression" [Bartlett]. Phrase stay the course is originally (1885) in reference to horses holding out till the end of a race.
  • noun visit
  • noun hold, delay
  • noun support, underpinning
  • verb wait
  • verb visit
  • verb hold in abeyance
Example sentences :
  • I'm going back there, and get things in action, and I'm going to stay by them.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I'm going to stay to dinner with you, and you must give me something better than that.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • “We would not stay here if you paid us for it,” returned Stephen.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Charmed, old man; deuced pally of you to stay by us down in that hole, you know.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Robert was nothing loth to stay, and resumed his place on the grass.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • This may make a good depot if we require to stay long in this neighbourhood.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • It did not help the matter when Emilia went to stay awhile with Mrs. Meredith.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • They should come when each child was two, and stay till it was twenty.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • He would not stay for dinner, and would not put his foot inside the house again.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • On Monday morning she was ill, and Robin ordered her to stay in bed.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

Antonyms for stay

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