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  3. Retaining

Retaining Synonyms and Antonyms

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To have and maintain in one's possession
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. withholding
  2. reserving
  3. keeping
  4. holding
  5. saving
  6. restraining
  7. remembering
  8. recollecting
  9. preserving
  10. possessing
  11. memorizing
  12. maintaining
  13. hiring
  14. grasping
  15. employing
  16. containing
  17. commissioning
  18. absorbing
Antonyms:
  1. firing
  2. dismissing
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 remember
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. remembering
  2. thinking
  3. reviving
  4. recalling
  5. recollecting
  6. minding
  7. learning
To keep
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. possessing
  2. husbanding
  3. owning
  4. preserving
  5. holding
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. sustaining
  2. securing
  3. saving
  4. having
  5. taking
  6. seizing
  7. confining
  8. suppressing
  9. curbing
  10. arresting
  11. restraining
  12. holding-back
  13. keeping back
  14. receiving
  15. admitting
  16. comprehending
  17. accommodating
  18. embracing
  19. treasuring
  20. cherishing
  21. commemorating

Retaining Is Also Mentioned In

  • resting-spore
  • underflow
  • retentivity
  • freemason
  • yus
  • Cree
  • retainal
  • absorption
  • emory-oak
  • stateless
  • antistatic
  • diaphanization

Words near Retaining in the Thesaurus

  • retail store
  • retail-therapy
  • retain
  • retained
  • retainer
  • retainers
  • retaining
  • retaining-wall
  • retains
  • retake
  • retaken
  • retakes
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