Complete and Stay

Opposite meaning words

Complete verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.

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Stay is an antonym for complete.

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

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Complete is an antonym for stay in wait topic.

Nearby Words: stayed, staying

thanks	complete thanks	stay thanks
job	complete job	stay job
group	complete group	stay group
course	complete course	stay course
Other words: team, time, level, goal, times.

He decides to stay and complete his medical studies.

Source: Film / Blind Chance
Garterbelt can't stay dead until his mission on Earth is complete; his death animation just plays backwards some time after he dies.

Source: Resurrective Immortality
They stay around till their task is complete, to which they then leave in a poof of smoke.

Source: Summon Magic

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