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Verbs (23)

keep, maintain

v. maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"

maintain, defend

v. state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"

uphold, maintain

v. support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

keep, maintain

v. maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"

keep, maintain, hold

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

sustain, keep, maintain

v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"

assert, asseverate, maintain

v. state categorically

observe, keep, maintain

v. stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"

preserve, keep up, maintain

v. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"

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Fuzzynyms (220)

save, preserve

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

conserve

v. preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"

confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm

v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

hold, support, sustain, hold up

v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

uphold, maintain

v. support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

sustain, keep, maintain

v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"

defend, support, fend for

v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"

back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support

v. be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

purport

v. have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion"

allege, aver, say

v. report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

profess, pretend

v. state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm

v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

hold, support, sustain, hold up

v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

sustain, keep, maintain

v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"

maintain, defend

v. state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"

defend, support, fend for

v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"

back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support

v. be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

feed, give

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

support

v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"

nourish, nurture, sustain

v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

provide, supply, ply, cater

v. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

finance

v. obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"

brandish, flourish, wave

v. move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"

give

v. proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"

hold

v. take and maintain control over, often by violent means; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week"

own, have, possess

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

have, have got, hold

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

compete, vie, contend

v. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

sequester

v. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

imprison

v. confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand

v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

insist, take a firm stand

v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

insist, assert

v. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"

labor, labour

v. undergo the efforts of childbirth

struggle

v. to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

endeavor, endeavour, strive

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

push

v. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"

continue, go on, persist in, go along

v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on

v. be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

assert, asseverate, maintain

v. state categorically

protect

v. shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

patrol, police

v. maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

shelter

v. invest (money) so that it is not taxable

help

v. contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"

tear

v. to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"

stick

v. fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"

cohere

v. have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"

support

v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"

hold, support, sustain, hold up

v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

travel, go, move, locomote

v. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

support, back up

v. give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"

invade, occupy

v. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

regenerate, renew

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm

v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

hold, support, sustain, hold up

v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

uphold, maintain

v. support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

maintain, defend

v. state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"

defend, support, fend for

v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"

back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support

v. be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

provision, purvey

v. supply with provisions

board

v. provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"

feed

v. feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"

nourish, nurture, sustain

v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

board, room

v. live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"

bunk

v. provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"

run away

v. escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"

avow, avouch

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

propound

v. put forward, as of an idea

keep, maintain, hold

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

insist, assert

v. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"

labor, labour

v. undergo the efforts of childbirth

struggle

v. to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

endeavor, endeavour, strive

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

push

v. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"

continue, go on, persist in, go along

v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on

v. be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

save, preserve

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

Synonyms (2)

shelve

v. place on a shelf; "shelve books"

avoid

v. refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

Antonyms (4)

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

maintain

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