Synonyms for hold

To put one's arms around affectionately:

To sustain the weight of:

To keep in custody:

To compel, as the attention, interest, or imagination, of:

To be filled by:

To have the room or capacity for:

To have and maintain in one's possession:

To have at one's disposal:

To have the use or benefit of:

To control, restrict, or arrest:

To keep at one's disposal:

To have an opinion:

To put into words positively and with conviction:

To view in a certain way:

To prove valid under scrutiny.

To organize and carry out (an activity):

To have and maintain in one's possession:

To interfere with the progress of:

To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check:

To control, restrict, or arrest:

To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check:

To control, restrict, or arrest:

To put off until a later time:

To hold oneself back:

To put off until a later time:

To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:

To take property or possessions from (a person or company, for example) unlawfully and usually forcibly:

To withstand stress or difficulty:

An act or means of holding something:

A strong or powerful influence:

Firm control:

Intellectual hold: