Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
remain (verb)intransitive verb
1.
a) to be a part not destroyed, taken, or used up - only a few ruins remain
b) to be something yet to be shown, done, or treated - it remains to be seen
2.
to stay in the same place or with the same person or group , especially to stay behind
3.
to continue unchanged - the fact remains that we can't go
1.
obsolete - stay
2.
a part or trace - remaining usually used in plural
3.
a dead body
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
remain (verb)1.
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
SYNONIMS:
abide, dwell, hang around, remain, stick around, tarryRELATED WORDS:
await, hang on, hold on, wait; dally, dawdle, linger, loiter; outstay, overstayNEAR ANTONYMS:
abscond, book [], decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skip; abandon, desert, forsake, vacate2.
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
SYNONIMS:
abide, bide, endure, hold on, hold up, keep up, last, perdure, persist, remain, run onRELATED WORDS:
linger, stay, stick around, tarry; carry through, prevail, surviveNEAR ANTONYMS:
abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane