Move and Remain

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Move

Move verb - To change one's position.
Usage example: don't move while I'm trying to draw your portrait
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Antonyms for Move
Remain is an antonym for move in topics: motivate, be in motion.
Nearby Words: moving, moved, movement, mover, movable

Remain

Remain verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Usage example: one of the three bridges known as “the London Bridge,” it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today
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Synonyms for Remain
Antonyms for Remain
Move is an antonym for remain in stay topic.
Nearby Words: remainder, remaining
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Common collocations

character move character remain character
people move people remain people
thanks move thanks remain thanks
death move death remain death
Other words: time, way, speed, money, game, damage.

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / Junjou Romantica When Takahiro and his new wife move away, Misaki moves in with Usagi to remain close to his college of choice.
    Source: Manga / Junjou Romantica
  • Anime / Rebuild of Evangelion There was a very distinctive difference between their intentions ultimately: Kaworu wanted to move forward and change, while Shinji wanted to move backwards and remain the same.
    Source: Anime / Rebuild of Evangelion
  • It is implied that they remain conscious for the entire time, unable to move a muscle.
    Source: And I Must Scream / Literature
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