Retaining Synonyms and Antonyms

Secure and keep for possible future use or application
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. continuing
  2. holding
  3. clutching
  4. maintaining
  5. keeping
  6. grasping
Antonyms:
  1. losing
  2. freeing
  3. releasing
  4. spending
To reserve services
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hiring
  2. engaging
  3. employing
To keep
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. possessing
  2. husbanding
  3. owning
  4. preserving
  5. holding

Retaining Sentence Examples

  • Retaining eye contact, she challenged him.

  • Men use that excuse as a means of retaining complete control.

  • She wouldn't have minded his retaining his anonymity.

  • Retaining eye contact, she walked over to him and put a hand on his leg, gazing up at his somber features.

  • Being surrounded by its ancient walls, and retaining thirteen out of its original fifty towers, it is, with its predominantly Gothic architecture, a thoroughly medieval town in appearance.

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