Return and Stay

Opposite meaning words

Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Stay is an antonym for return in go back topic.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

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

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Return is an antonym for stay.

Nearby Words: stayed, staying

good	good return	good stay
long	long return	long stay
better	better return	better stay
brief	brief return	brief stay
Other adjectives: original, initial, true, dead, entire, bad, quick, main, permanent, few, temporary, less, eternal, later, last, previous, couldn't.

thanks	return thanks	stay thanks
place	return place	stay place
series	return series	stay series
time	return time	stay time
Other words: way, earth, world, money, home, dead, feelings, times, powers, memories.

At the end of the game, Sonoko even asks you if you want to stay or return to the real world, Sonoko says that she can't blame you.

Source: Anime / Yuki Yuna Is a Hero
She has been picked to be a guardian but, is Alice willing to return and stay in the world that caused her so much pain?

Source: Fanfic Recs / Rise of the Guardians
Both his parents return and stay together as a family for a while but then his mother takes off, again and his father follows after her, again.

Source: Series / Boy Meets World

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