remain
/ɹɪmˈeɪn/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
verb
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
“The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it” - continue in a place, position, or situation
“After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser” - be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
“There remains the question of who pulled the trigger” - stay behind
“The smell stayed in the room”
Synonyms for remain
Words that rhyme with remain
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