remain

remain is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
2. intransitive verb. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
3. transitive verb. To await; to be left to.
4. noun. State of remaining; stay.
5. noun. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
6. noun. That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
7. noun. The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's
8. verb. stay the same; remain in a certain state

   "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"

   "rest assured"

   Synonyms: rest, stay

9. verb. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.

   "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"

   "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

10. verb. continue in a place, position, or situation

    "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"

    "Stay with me, please"

    Synonyms: continue, stay

11. verb. stay behind

    "The smell stayed in the room"

    "The hostility remained long after they made up"

    Synonyms: persist, stay

Synonyms

rest, stay, continue, persist

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in remain:

airmen, armine, ermani, mainer, marine

Common word forms

remains, remained, remainer, remaining

Words from these letters

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