Synonyms for continue

Verb

1. continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep, act, move

usage: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"

2. continue, go on, carry on, proceed, talk, speak

usage: continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

3. continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve, keep, maintain, hold

usage: keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

4. proceed, go forward, continue, travel, go, move, locomote

usage: move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

5. retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going, prolong, sustain, keep up

usage: allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"

6. continue, persist in, act, move

usage: carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"

7. continue, act, move

usage: continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

8. stay, stay on, continue, remain, be

usage: continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

9. continue, be

usage: exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"