Stay and Start

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Stay noun - A temporary residing as another's guest.

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Start is an antonym for stay in topics: visit, hold.

Nearby Words: stayed, staying

Start noun - The point at which something begins.

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Stay is an antonym for start in begin topic.

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

good	good stay	good start
nice	nice stay	nice start
best	best stay	best start
long	long stay	long start
Other adjectives: better, brief, original, free, initial, true, dead, bad, quick, main, few, last, several, horrific.

character	stay character	start character
mode	stay mode	start mode
job	stay job	start job
group	stay group	start group
Other words: series, time, way, level, world, game, head, times.

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