Cling and Remain

Cling

Cling verb - To hold to something firmly as if by adhesion.

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Remain and cling are semantically related in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Remain" instead a verb "Cling", when it comes to topics like state.

Nearby Words: clinging, clingy

Remain

Remain verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

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Antonyms for Remain

Cling and remain are semantically related in stay topic. Sometimes you can use "Cling" instead a verb "Remain".

Nearby Words: remainder, remaining

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Common collocations

ability	cling ability	remain ability
thanks	cling thanks	remain thanks
time	cling time	remain time
way	cling way	remain way

Both words in one sentence

Even after the nuke comes, the Bloggses cling to their Cosy Catastrophe memories of surviving World War II and try to remain optimistic about the whole thing.

Source: Comic Book / When the Wind Blows
Hilariously, you can cling to the edge of such platforms and remain there while it fades out of existence, so long as you don't attempt to climb up until it is solid again.

Source: Temporary Platform
And while Jaime and Brienne still remain in good terms, shippers decided that the two are Just Friends but there are those who still cling on the ship as theyre waiting for some torpedo to sink the Jaime/Cersei ship.

Source: Abandon Shipping

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