stay up

Speech parts

1. stay up - Verb

2. stay up - Phrase

Meaning

not go to bed

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sit up insomniac burn the midnight oil stay awake pull an all-nighter wait up be conscious be sleepless awake late awake during the wee hours keep vigil be alert remain awake be wakeful delay going to bed
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Antonyms

rest sleep bed couch nap slumber
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Hypernyms

wake

Examples

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything. Herb Caen

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight. William Congreve

I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be performing. Jim Carrey

An empty bag will not stay up. Mexican Proverb

Had you gotten up early, you wouldn't have needed to stay up late. Yiddish Proverb

Words in the phrase

stay up

Close letter words and terms

stay together stay tuned stay tuned in stay up and wait stay up late stay up late waiting