- Types Of Speech
- You can use stay as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Stay
- A 1 syllables noun and 4 letters with the letters a, s, t, and y, 3 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters ta. Stay starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, st, sta, and the ending characters are y, ay, tay, ..
- Definition
- Continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Stay is set as a grade one word that starts with s, ends with y, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 4 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is stay a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Stay in Pig Latin is said as "aystay or aystway".
- Unigram
- s | t | a | y
- Bigram
- st | ta | ay
- Trigram
- sta | tay
- Quadrigram
- stay
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- continuing or remaining in a place or state;
"they had a nice stay in Paris";
"a lengthy hospital stay";
"a four-month stay in bankruptcy court" - (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted;
"the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court" - the state of inactivity following an interruption;
"the negotiations were in arrest";
"held them in check";
"during the halt he got some lunch";
"the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow";
"he spent the entire stop in his seat"
- Verb Examples
- stay the same;
remain in a certain state;
"The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it";
"rest assured";
"stay alone";
"He remained unmoved by her tears";
"The bad weather continued for another week" - stop or halt;
"Please stay the bloodshed!" - overcome or allay;
"quell my hunger" - fasten with stays
- stay put (in a certain place);
"We are staying in Detroit;
we are not moving to Cincinnati";
"stay put in the corner here!";
"Stick around and you will learn something!" - remain behind;
"I had to stay at home and watch the children" - stop a judicial process;
"The judge stayed the execution order" - a trial of endurance;
"ride out the storm" - dwell;
"You can stay with me while you are in town";
"stay a bit longer--the day is still young" - continue in a place, position, or situation;
"After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser";
"stay with me, please";
"despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year";
"She continued as deputy mayor for another year" - stay behind;
"The smell stayed in the room";
"The hostility remained long after they made up"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandon | the trait of lacking restraint or control freedom from inhibition or worry "she danced with abandon" |
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| Abeyance | temporary cessation or suspension |
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Abode | housing that someone is living in "he built a modest dwelling near the pond" "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" |
| Abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion |
| Absolution | the act of absolving or remitting formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance |
| Absorb | cause to become one with "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| Abstain | choose no to consume "I abstain from alcohol" |
| Accede | to agree or express agreement "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Stay
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stay | continuing or remaining in a place or state "they had a nice stay in Paris" "a lengthy hospital stay" "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court" |
View English words with the unique letters used in stay. Words With The Letters Asty
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Bide | dwell "You can stay with me while you are in town" "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" |
| Continue | exist over a prolonged period of time "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" |
| Remain | stay the same remain in a certain state "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it" "rest assured" "stay alone" "He remained unmoved by her tears" "The bad weather continued for another week" |
| Rest | freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) "took his repose by the swimming pool" |
| Stay | continuing or remaining in a place or state "they had a nice stay in Paris" "a lengthy hospital stay" "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court" |
| Stay On | |
| Stay Put | |
| Stick | threat of a penalty "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" |
| Stick Around |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Act | something that people do or cause to happen |
| Human Action | |
| Human Activity |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Layover | a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends" |
| Sojourn | a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) |
| Stop | a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends" |
| Stopover | a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends" |
| Visit | a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Stayce | No | Yes |
| Staysha | No | Yes |
| Anastaysia | Yes | Yes |
| Stayton | Yes | No |
| Mistaya | Yes | Yes |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stay (4 letters) | 7 | 6 | stay | ||
| Stays (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 7 +1 | stays | ||
| Tasty (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 7 +1 | tasty |
Stay Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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