Keep Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Keep
To hold or keep in possession
To cause to enter; to thrust.
To put, lay, or set down
The definition of commemorate means to have a ceremony or build a monument to honor a person or an event.
To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.
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To hold in the mind; cling to
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
(Comput.) To perform the operations indicated in (an instruction or program)
To hold in the hand or in control; own; possess
To maintain (an area) for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
To experience or suffer:
To direct the taking of (an oath, pledge, test, etc.)
To manage or regulate the business or affairs of; be in charge of:
minister to
To tend
To continue in force or practice:
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To express; state:
To prevent the starting, advent, etc. of; preclude
To stop or impede the passage of or movement through; obstruct:
The definition of avert is to turn away or to keep something from happening.
To perform (a religious ceremony):
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supply with necessities and support
To gather together or accumulate a large quantity of (something):
To keep within limits; restrict
To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision.
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To detain is defined as to keep someone somewhere or cause someone to be unable to proceed.
To prevent or discourage (an action or behavior):
To hold the interest of and give pleasure to; divert; amuse
To keep safe from harm; watch over and protect; defend; shield
To adhere to, follow, keep, or abide by (a law, custom, duty, rule, etc.)
To gain strong influence or control over; dominate
Protect is defined as to defend or guard from danger or loss.
provide for
supply with necessities and support
To repress is to suppress something such as a thought, feeling or emotion.
To keep or secure for oneself; retain:
To protect, guard, or shield:
To fasten or connect with a shackle or shackles
A structure or arrangement of metal plates or mesh designed to protect a piece of electronic equipment from electrostatic or magnetic interference.
To celebrate with formal ceremony or according to ritual
Stock is defined as to keep a supply of or to provide with something.
Withhold is defined as to hold back or refuse.
stay with
To persevere in some condition, action, or belief
To operate or apply a brake.
To control or restrain:
Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.
To constrain is to impose limitations or restrictions on someone or something, or to force yourself or someone else to act in a certain way.
To control, restrict, or arrest
Inhibit is defined as to hold back or keep something from happening.
rein (back
To control, restrict, or arrest
or up)
To control, restrict, or arrest
To hold oneself back; voluntarily do without; refrain (from)
(Idiomatic, intransitive) To delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed).
To reserve for the future
To reserve for the future
To reserve for the future
(Intransitive) To go out of active service.
To perform an action without attracting attention.
To keep in a safe or healthy condition:
set by
To reserve for the future
Discharge is defined as to release, unload or dismiss.
Do is defined as to accomplish an action.
To put through exercises:
To implement is defined as to put something into effect.
To stick fast to something; stay attached:
To act in accordance (with a request, order, rule, etc.)
The definition of conform is to make the same, or be in agreement.
(--- Upper Southern US) To have in mind as a goal or purpose; intend.
Nourishment; nutrition
A means of livelihood; maintenance.
(Idiomatic) That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone.
The means of sustaining life; livelihood
Means of support or livelihood:
A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life.
Something that sustains something else; essential support:
The act of keeping up buildings, equipment, etc.; maintenance
A two-masted ship with square-rigged sails
(Uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
A penal institution that is intended for long-term confinement of convicted criminals. See also jail.
The definition of a prison is a building comprised of different cells or locked rooms designed to house prisoners who are sentenced to a correctional institution for breaking laws.
A penitentiary.
Any of various containers usually or traditionally cylindrical, made of metal, and with a separate cover
A prison or a prison cell; a jail:
A sound meant to imitate a nightingale's note
(Slang) A jail
(Slang) A jail.
A stirring, mixing, or poking movement:
A dark, often underground chamber used to confine prisoners.
retain rights to
retain rights to
To move along or be carried on
To participate, cooperate, or conform.
stay fresh
fail to spoil or rot
Means of living or of supporting life; subsistence
(Intransitive) to continue functioning
Persist is defined as to refuse to give up or to continue to repeat an action.
(Slang) Money
An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses.
To get and hold the attention of
Antonyms for Keep
To cause to attenuate and disappear:
To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
To refuse to pay a claim embodied in a written document, such as a check or other negotiable instrument, when presented; to treat disrespectfully an object considered to have a public or sacred nature, such as a flag.
To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation.
(Idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
To relieve of care or suffering:
To spend wastefully; squander (time, energy, money, etc.)
To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
let happen
prevent
To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert:
Lose is defined as to wind up without something or to fail in a competition.
To make known; tell; disclose
1818, John Keats, "To"”":
Words Related to Keep
To restrain is defined as to hold back or keep under control.
To carry on; persist in:
(Copulative) To continue in a state of being.
To delay action; be a hindrance
Maintain is defined as to keep in a current state in order to prevent from failing or breaking or to carry on or to support or provide.
Command is defined as to give orders or exert authority over someone or something.
To have charge of; direct or administer:
To apply one's attention; attend:
To carry on through, despite hardships; undergo or suffer:
Store is defined as to put away or to stock.
To occur or be evident as a consequence; result:
To carry out or fulfill the command, order, or instruction of.
To save; reserve:
To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second.
To become deeper in tone:
To control, restrict, or arrest
(Intransitive) To receive something willingly.
To have (something) arise in one's memory; become aware of (something) suddenly or spontaneously:
Any substance or article used as money, as bank notes, checks, etc.
(Hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
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