List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 372

SYNONYMS: stay, remain, wait, abide, tarry, linger, sojourn.
These verbs mean to continue to be in a given place.

Stay is the least specific, though it can also suggest that the person involved is a guest or visitor: We stayed at home all evening. Must you go? Can't you stay?
Remain is sometimes synonymous with stay but more often implies continuing or being left after others have gone: A few people came to boo but remained to applaud. Please remain for a minute at the end of the meeting; I want a word with you in private.
Wait suggests remaining in readiness, anticipation, or expectation: Your father is waiting for me to take a walk with him.
Abide implies continuing for a lengthy period: Abide with me.
Tarry and linger both imply a delayed departure, but linger more strongly suggests reluctance to leave: "She was not anxious but puzzled that her husband tarried. I alone sit lingering here.
To sojourn is to reside temporarily in a place: He was sojourning at a hotel.